Acting Secretary Harris said sequestration, “cost the Labor Department $3.1 billion and that’s money that comes out of job training for workers who are trying to transition into civilian jobs.” Rep. DeLauro also asked Acting Secretary Harris to comment on the larger trend of funding for workforce programs declining over the last decade, which she cited at about one billion dollars in actual dollars over the last 11 or 12 years. Acting Secretary Harris cited an example -- saying, “that we have lost 800 American Job Centers – one stop career centers -- around the country, 20 percent of the total.”
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Acting Secretary Harris on Impact of Sequestration
On Tuesday, April
16, 2013, while testifying before the House
Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education and Related Agencies on the proposed fiscal year 2014 budget for the
U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Acting USDOL Secretary Harris responded
to questions on
the effect of sequestration on USDOL programs.
Acting Secretary Harris said sequestration, “cost the Labor Department $3.1 billion and that’s money that comes out of job training for workers who are trying to transition into civilian jobs.” Rep. DeLauro also asked Acting Secretary Harris to comment on the larger trend of funding for workforce programs declining over the last decade, which she cited at about one billion dollars in actual dollars over the last 11 or 12 years. Acting Secretary Harris cited an example -- saying, “that we have lost 800 American Job Centers – one stop career centers -- around the country, 20 percent of the total.”
Acting Secretary Harris said sequestration, “cost the Labor Department $3.1 billion and that’s money that comes out of job training for workers who are trying to transition into civilian jobs.” Rep. DeLauro also asked Acting Secretary Harris to comment on the larger trend of funding for workforce programs declining over the last decade, which she cited at about one billion dollars in actual dollars over the last 11 or 12 years. Acting Secretary Harris cited an example -- saying, “that we have lost 800 American Job Centers – one stop career centers -- around the country, 20 percent of the total.”
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