Joe Courtney: “The Labor Department's Workforce Investment and Opportunity…”

“And the way, you know, we clearly had realized that we have to sort of, you know, fill those positions is to close the skills gap. The Labor Department's Workforce Investment and Opportunity act is hard at work right now. They graduated 935 metal trades folks last year down at our submarine shipyard. That again, that would not have happened if it wasn't for wioa.” (00:36–00:42)

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