LIVE: @PattyMurray’s opening remarks on the bipartisan health and education bills before the HELP Committee: https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/s3029-s1222-s808-s3039-s___-a-bill-to-reauthorize-the-carl-d-perkins-career-and-technical-education-act-and-nominations …
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@PattyMurray: While this Committee doesn’t always agree—I am pleased we were able to push our partisan differences aside and will vote today on a number of bipartisan bills that aim to build an take a few steps toward an economy, and a country, that works for everyone.1 reply 2 retweets 5 likesShow this thread -
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@PattyMurray: The Perkins reauthorization is an important update to career and technical education that will allow programs to adapt to community needs and continue to provide students and workers with training they need to get better jobs with higher wages.6 replies 4 retweets 11 likesShow this thread
.@PattyMurray: We agreed that we couldn’t just pass a bill for the sake of passing a bill—we needed to get this right. I’m pleased we were able to get to a bipartisan agreement that will update this law to benefit students, workers, and businesses.
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