,,iv  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,august #ca1        
#bjba,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi 7for himself  
and ,mr4 ,langevin7 submitted the       
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,education and    
,labor  ,,resolution  ,expressing       
support for approximately doubling      
funding for ,federal career and         
technical education programs4  ,whereas 
for much of the past year1 the          
,,covid-#ai pandemic brought the        
,american economy to a grinding halt1   
plunging the ,united ,states and the    
world into the worst economic downturn  
since the ,great ,depression2 ,whereas  
the ,american economy is now roaring    
back to life1 thanks to historic action 
by ,congress and the ,president2        
,whereas for many ,americans1 this      
post-,,covid economic boom is an        
opportunity to reskill and upskill1 with
 ,american workers changing jobs and    
even professions in historic numbers2   

,whereas many other ,americans continue 
to have difficulties finding work1 with 
more than #i1jjj1jjj unemployed         
,americans currently unable to find a   
job1 including #d1jjj1jjj long-term     
unemployed2 ,whereas1 at the same time1 
the landscape of the #bast century      
economy is changing1 as emerging new    
technologies and shifting demands create
 new opportunities and challenges2      
,whereas the infrastructure proposals   
currently under consideration reflect   
this new economy1 as do the science and 
technology bills put forth in both the  
,house of ,representatives and the      
,senate1 but there remains a crucial and
 unaddressed need to train the workforce
 of this new economy2 ,whereas1 relative
 to inflation1 ,federal spending on     
workforce training and employment       
services is at its lowest level in more 
than #ej years1 and funding for         
community college career and technical  
education has fallen #bh percent in the 
last #bj years alone2 ,whereas now is   

the time to invest in ,american workers1
 as high unemployment and historic      
turnover1 combined with the tremendous  
economic energy of the post-,,covid     
recovery1 present an unparalleled       
opportunity to retrain and realign the  
,american workforce for the new economy1
 while also providing ,american workers 
with the necessary skills to earn higher
 wages and attain long-term job         
security2 and ,whereas the ,carl ,d4    
,perkins ,career and ,technical         
,education ,act of #bjjf 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#bcja et seq471 as reauthorized by the  
,strengthening ,career and ,technical   
,education for the #bast ,century ,act  
7,perkins ,v71 is the primary ,federal  
law developing and supporting career and
 technical education programs in        
secondary and postsecondary education3  
,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house 
of ,representatives-- 7#a7 affirms the  
importance of ,perkins ,v and other     
career and technical education programs 
for training the skilled workforce of   

the future and for increasing the       
earning potential and job security of   
,american workers2  7#b7 recognizes that
 the annual funding for ,perkins ,v1    
amounting to #a1ccd1hjj1jjj in fiscal   
year #bjba1 is insufficient to address  
the need brought on by the long-term    
economic realignment and the near-term  
,,covid-#ai pandemic2 and  7#c7 urges   
#aj1jjj1jjj1jjj in new spending be set  
aside to fund ,perkins ,v programs and  
innovative evidence-based career and    
technical education over the next #aj   
years1 equaling approximately double the
 amount currently appropriated by       
,congress to such programs4