U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) Secretary Hilda Solis testified Wednesday, March 14th before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies regarding the President’s proposed FY 2013 budget. The Secretary described the impact sequestration, an across the board cut slated to affect all government programs in January 2013.
She noted that sequestration would reduce USDOL’s discretionary spending anywhere from 7.8 to 9.1 percent according to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates. Secretary Solis said that $500 million dollars would be cut for job training and employment services, reducing services to an additional 1.7 million displaced workers that are currently being served. In addition, programs administered by the Veterans Employment and Training Service, would be cut by roughly $13 million. She advised the committee these cuts would come at exactly the wrong time as millions are still unemployed and urged Congress to work to avoid sequestration, finding sustainable budget compromise that would prevent these cuts from taking place.
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