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Roy Blunt's Public Statements on Issue: Employment and Affirmative Action

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02/10/2022 Letter to Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Hon. Martin J. Walsh, Secretary of Labor - Warner, Kaine Urge Biden Administration to Ensure Virginia Seafood Processors Receive Necessary Visas
07/15/2021 Blunt, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Intelligence Community Workforce Agility Protection Act
07/14/2021 The Economy
05/19/2021 Endless Frontier Act
04/01/2021 Rep. Castor Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation to Boost Jobs and Help Travel, Tourism Bounce Back
02/12/2021 Letter to Honorable Charles Schumer, Majority Leader, Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Honorable Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader, and Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Republican Leader - Luetkemeyer, MO Republicans Urge Protections for Workers with Disabilities in 14(c) Programs
12/22/2020 Tweet - "Working to create opportunities Right pointing backhand indexFY21 funding bill includes $10M to continue @USDOL 's Career Pathways Initiative, which improves pathways for students that can lead to the full range of post-secondary college and career options."
12/21/2020 Blunt Highlights Critical Investments in FY2021 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Funding Bill
12/21/2020 Tweet - "JUST RELEASED FY21 Labor/HHS funding bill provides resources for critical programs that impact the lives of nearly every American -- from educating students & developing the workforce to improving health care & paving the way for new treatments & cures"
08/31/2020 Letter to The Hon. Joseph Edlow, Deputy Director for Policy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Rep. Cleaver Seeks Answers on Uscis Contractor Furloughs in Kansas City
08/31/2020 Letter to The Hon. Joseph Edlow, Deputy Director for Policy U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Rep. Cleaver Seeks Answers on Uscis Contractor Furloughs in Kansas City
07/17/2020 Tweet - "Missouri's tourism industry supports over 300,000 jobs & contributes billions of dollars to our economy. This aid will help one of our state's largest industries recover from the pandemic"
07/13/2020 Tweet - "Workforce development programs like YouthBuild help students gain skills they need for today's in-demand jobs. As chairman of the appropriations subcommittee that funds workforce programs, I've worked to invest in YouthBuild & will continue my support"
06/12/2020 Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Treasury Secretary and Jovita Carranza, Small Business Administration Administrator - Lankford Joins Bipartisan Letter Urging the Administration to Provide Paperwork Relief for Oklahoma Small Businesses who Utilized the COVID-19 Relief Program
04/16/2020 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury, and the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Admin, of the Small Business Administration - U.S. Senators Tina Smith, John Hoeven Lead Bipartisan Push to Treasury Department, Small Business Administration to Ensure Eligibility of Rural Electric Cooperatives in Paycheck Protection Program
04/16/2020 Tweet - "Paycheck Protection Program is a vital lifeline for many Missourians who run or are employed by a #smallbiz. #PPP passed Congress unanimously a few weeks ago as part of bipartisan #CARESAct. Now @SenateDems are continuing to block additional funding."
04/14/2020 Tweet - " The bipartisan #PaycheckProtectionProgram is working & making a big impact for #smallbiz across the country. It's already saved an estimated 15 million small business jobs. But Senate Dems are blocking additional funding for this program to play politics. Enough is enough. #PPP"
04/10/2020 Tweet - "Layoffs at small business spiked 1,021% in March. Yet this week, Senate Democrats blocked funding to help small businesses keep their employees on the payroll."
04/09/2020 Tweet - "Senate Democrats are back to partisan games - this time blocking a bipartisan bill that would provide small businesses & the people who work for them additional relief from the #coronavirus impact. Keep in mind 99.4% of Missouri businesses are small businesses"
02/18/2020 Blunt Commends Labor Department for Investing $6 Million in Missouri IT Apprenticeship Program
01/27/2020 Letter to Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Rounds, King, Harris, Pingree, Keating, Bergman Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Urging Administration to Increase the Number of Temporary, Non-Immigrant H-2B Workers for 2020
12/19/2019 Blunt Highlights Priorities in Senate-Passed Health, Education, and Labor Funding Bill
12/16/2019 Blunt Touts Key Investments in Closing the Skills Gap, Strengthening U.S. Workforce
11/20/2019 Letter to Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor Nominee - Senator Murray, DeLauro, Blunt, Cole Question DOL on Misuse of Apprenticeship Grant Funding
09/18/2019 Blunt Releases FY2020 Labor, HHS, & Education Appropriations Bill

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