For Immediate Release | Contact: Ilan Kayatsky |
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September 25, 2008 |
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Rep. Nadler Introduces Transportation Job Corps Act of 2008
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“I’m very proud to introduce the Transportation Job Corps Act,” said Rep. Nadler, “a bill which seeks to achieve many important national goals at once. Ever since the New Deal, federal investment in public works has been a tried and true means of boosting a troubled economy, of stimulating mass job-creation and, of course, for developing and improving transportation and infrastructure projects.” According to a report by the Community Service Society, there is a growing population of “disconnected youth” in this country consisting of individuals between the ages of 16 to 24 who are not in school and have been out of work for at least six months. The population of “disconnected youth” is estimated to be about five million nationally, including approximately 200,000 in “As we increase federal investment in mass transit, we are going to need to invest in our transit workforce,” added Rep. Nadler. “We have a unique opportunity to address both the challenge of maintaining a robust workforce for the transit industry and the need to find stable and meaningful work for the ‘disconnected youth’ of our nation.” |
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