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Letter to the Hon. Lamar Alexander, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Take Up The Thompson-Krishnamoorthi Act

Letter

By: GT Thompson, Jr., Mark DeSaulnier, Vicente Gonzalez, John Moolenaar, Bradley Byrne, Salud Carbajal, Annie Kuster, Joshua Gottheimer, Mia Love, Thomas Suozzi, David Scott, Dan Kildee, Anna Eshoo, Ted Lieu, John Rutherford, Mike Thompson, Mike Doyle, Jr., Mark Amodei, John Lewis, Donald McEachin, Pramila Jayapal, Elise Stefanik, Jacky Rosen, Tom Garrett, Jr., Ro Khanna, Matt Gaetz, Brian Fitzpatrick, Lloyd Smucker, Dwight Evans, Jaime Herrera Beutler, Rod Blum, Earl Blumenauer, Susan Davis, Matt Cartwright, Tim Ryan, Nanette Barragán, Karen Handel, Bill Foster, Robin Kelly, Raul Ruiz, Darren Soto, Seth Moulton, Jared Huffman, Ed Perlmutter, Ami Bera, Darin LaHood, Mark Takano, John Larson, Ron Kind, Derek Kilmer, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Mike Kelly, Jr., Randy Weber, Sr., Bill Johnson, Bob Brady, Lou Barletta, Kathy Castor, Jim Costa, Sheila Jackson Lee, Eleanor Norton, Peter DeFazio, Chellie Pingree, Mac Thornberry, Steve King, Adam Smith, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Vicky Hartzler, Emanuel Cleaver II, Peter Welch, Albio Sires, Doris Matsui, Keith Ellison, Jerry McNerney, Pat Meehan, Karen Bass, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Gene Green, Bill Keating, Judy Chu, Steve Womack, Frederica Wilson, Kurt Schrader, Mike Quigley, Ron Estes, Paul Tonko, Dina Titus, Suzan DelBene, Debbie Dingell, Tom O'Halleran, Eric Swalwell, Bruce Westerman, Don Payne, Jr., John Yarmuth, Paul Mitchell, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Elizabeth Esty, Alma Adams, Jimmy Panetta, Val Demings, Robert Aderholt, Frank Pallone, Jr., David Young, Roger Marshall, Ruben Kihuen, Colleen Hanabusa, Tulsi Gabbard, Ryan Costello, Jim Renacci, Scott Taylor, Jack Bergman, Jason Lewis, Denny Heck, Charlie Crist, Jr., Rick Allen, Jim McGovern, Suzanne Bonamici, Filemon Vela, Jr., Tom MacArthur, Claudia Tenney, Warren Davidson, Mike Gallagher, Sean Maloney, Cheri Bustos, Julia Brownley, Lou Correa, Mark Meadows, Susan Brooks, Drew Ferguson, Lois Frankel, Don Beyer, Jr., Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Scott Peters, Brendan Boyle, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Dave Joyce, Joaquin Castro, Dave Reichert, Keith Rothfus, Daniel Webster, Beto O'Rourke, Grace Meng, Brenda Lawrence, Sandy Levin, Stephanie Murphy, Dan Newhouse, Al Lawson, Jr., Zoe Lofgren, Carlos Curbelo, Mark Pocan, Tony Cárdenas, Katherine Clark, Andy Barr, Joe Wilson, Sr., Mike Bost, Anthony Brown, Raul Grijalva, Glenn Grothman, James Comer, Jr., Donald Bacon, Lee Zeldin, Marc Veasey, Lynn Jenkins, Dave Loebsack, Carol Shea-Porter, Donald Norcross, Hakeem Jeffries, Jim Cooper, Grace Napolitano, Norma Torres, Adriano Espaillat, John Delaney, Kevin Cramer, Trent Kelly, Dave Trott, Kyrsten Sinema, Jared Polis, David Valadao, Rodney Davis, Rob Wittman, Jim Jordan, Yvette Clarke, Jim Langevin, G. K. Butterfield, Jr., Lucille Roybal-Allard, Bobby Rush, Elijah Cummings, André Carson, Rick Larsen, Marcy Kaptur, Gwen Moore, Barbara Lee, Terri Sewell, Gregory Meeks, Tom Marino, Bob Goodlatte, Dan Lipinski, Al Green, Alcee Hastings, Sr., Steve Cohen, José Serrano, Rick Nolan, Ted Deutch, Dutch Ruppersberger, Steve Pearce, John Garamendi, Madeleine Bordallo, Randy Hultgren, Kristi Noem, Eliot Engel, Jackie Speier, Ralph Abraham, Jerry Nadler, David Price, Diana DeGette, Francis Rooney, Ben Luján, Jr., Betty McCollum, David Cicilline, Carolyn Maloney, Tim Walz, Linda Sánchez, Joe Courtney, Jan Schakowsky, Eddie Johnson, Louise Slaughter, Luis Gutiérrez, Nita Lowey, Adam Schiff, Sanford Bishop, Jr., Brad Wenstrup, Tim Walberg, Todd Rokita, Michael Coffman, Brian Higgins, Tom Cole
Date: Nov. 11, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Higher Education

Dear Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray:

On Thursday, June 22, 2017, the House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. As Members of Congress committed to increasing access to high-quality career and technical education (CTE), we respectfully request that the Senate HELP Committee begin consideration of this legislation.

If signed into law, H.R. 2353 will reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act for the first time since 2006, ensuring that the federal policy governing CTE is modern, robust and well-engineered. As you know, CTE plays an important role in the success of both traditional and non-traditional students and improves the profitability of all sectors of the American economy.

Business owners depend on Perkins Act programs to bridge the skills gap and increase the number of job-ready candidates. Thanks to skills-based learning, employers can be confident that students will have the tools they need to succeed in a number of career pathways, including manufacturing, information technology (IT) and agriculture as they enter the job market.

With this in mind, we believe it is incumbent upon this body to pass legislation that will help millions of Americans access the skills and technical knowledge they need to build promising futures. We greatly appreciate your dedication to this issue and look forward to working in a bipartisan, bicameral manner to reauthorize the Perkins Act.

Thank you for your leadership and we look forward to your timely reply.

Sincerely,


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