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Hi, can we please hear it for Haley? It's good to see everyone. Please have a seat. I spent some time with Hayley um where she was describing her journey and showing me and she was showing me within um the the interior of the of the house um the work that she has done over so many years to build up the skills that she has and to be a real role model. So thank you Haley for that very kind of production. It is great to be in the House of Labor. It is great to be in the House of Labor. So I want to thank everybody and um I. B. W. For 90 for welcoming us. Um I am so just honored and happy to be yet again in new Hampshire with my dear friend, the former governor and the current one of the current United States senators from New Hampshire, Jeanne Shaheen. I served with Jean while I was in the Senate for four years and um we were earlier we were with Maggie and um, I'll tell you you guys have extraordinary leadership in those two. Gene is really one of the deans, you know, and we, we have caucus lunches where we sit in a room with no cameras and when jean stands to speak, everyone becomes quiet. And she is always a forceful, persuasive voice, not only for the state of new Hampshire but for working people throughout our country. And so jean, I want to just thank you in front of everyone for your leadership. Yeah, Annie Kuster. Thank you again. We we visited the bookstore where we spent time over a year ago together and I want to thank you for your leadership and all that you do. She's been a particular fighter on a number of issues as you know, but in particular thinking about infrastructure in the context of what, what do working people need to get to work. So yeah, they need to drive over good roads and bridges and one of the other things working people need to get to work childcare good. So I want to thank you. And then chris Pappas, where you there you are, you've been so wonderful. We've talked about what labour is doing and the power of organized labor and and the importance of investing in organized labor if we are to invest in the future of our country and the strength of our economy, Chris Pappas, thank you so much. Mm. Okay, so it's great to be with you and I'm here to talk about the american jobs plan but to talk about it in the context of what's happening right here in this local and I actually visited um in Milwaukee I guess. Well over a year ago a local 4 90 for um I. B. W. That is doing similar work but the work that is happening here is the work of Haley. It is the work of kelly who I was with earlier. Their U. R. Kelly. It is of investing in the skill and the talent and the ambition of our neighbors, of our friends of people we meet who walked through the door who want to develop the skills that are going to be a part of building up our economy. And like joe biden says building back better. And so thinking about it in that context, I'll say that the american jobs plan is about infrastructure. Yes it's about roads and bridges. It's about child care, it's about a number of things. But it's about also understanding that if we're going to build back better, America has to invest in the skills development of our workforce and to do that where we're going to get the greatest return on our investment. Let's invest in I. B. W. Let's invest in the building trades, let's invest in those apprenticeship programs that for as long as we can remember have been some of the best in passing on the skills that are necessary to do the jobs that will build us back up. And I'll tell you when I think about this issue of job training and skills development. One of the things that I think we all know is that our country really has fallen behind in terms of our ability to be competitive in a global market and in particular on the issue of investing in our workforce and investing in the skills development of our workforce. In fact, I've seen numbers that tell me that we're looking at something like we have. We invest 1/5 of what other countries leading countries, economically, economically highly developed countries, we are investing as little as 1/5 of what other countries are investing in their workforce. And so when I think about it, I think about a number of ways, not only in terms of what it means to develop a work force to take on the jobs and then to ensure that they are good jobs. And what do you mean by that good jobs? Well, I mean a job that allows you to to earn enough to be able to keep a roof over your head and and and and food on the table and also maybe take a vacation once a year, a good job, a good job to find. Based on. I think our collective belief that in America no one should have to work more than one job to be able to perform those basic functions, which is to take care of your family, a good job where you're safe on the job and you receive pay and benefits that are aligned with the value of the work you do a good job, where when you go to work, everyone respects the dignity of that work a good job and so to invest in the workforce so that we can have and say that we will support good jobs. It also means, I think having a really honest frank conversation about how we've been talking about how we develop the skills and what's necessary to get a good job and by that, I mean this, you know, I think that we have in some ways created this hierarchy about what we decide is a valuable education where we have said, well higher education, that's a very valuable education. And I'd like to challenge that point. I think that instead of talking about higher education, especially where we are now as a country where we are because of technology, where we are because of the future of work. We should talk about it in the context of education after high school, here's why almost any job that we need to be filled will require some education after high school. That's just a reality. And so let's then agreed to that and say, we're going to create them a variety of options for an individual to get education after high school. And that option will be maybe it's a technical college, maybe it's an apprenticeship program, maybe it's a four year college. But agreeing that we have to invest if we are to invest in our future in the future of our workforce, in education after high school, and that's part of what is happening here. And also understanding that education after high school should recognize that for a lot of folks, some of the best good jobs don't necessarily require that you're going to walk across the stage with a diploma, but it does require that you have the skills to get that certificate to do that important work. And so that's why I'm here today. I'm here to hold up and to highlight the kind of work that's happening right here at E. P. W. I. B. W. Around what we need to do um to to invest in America's workforce in the american jobs program. We have a $100 billion dollars going to workforce development programs. So $100 billion dollars is being invested and exactly what I. B. W. Is doing here, the skills development to let people take on the jobs that are going to be about building back up broadband. By the way, we're also investing $100 billion in broadband. Earlier today, I was with Maggie Hassan, um, at the new Hampshire Electric Co Op, where we're looking at the folks who traditionally the farmers who created that coop to fill the work and the jobs that needed to be done to electrify rural America. They're now doing the work of laying the broad band that is necessary for families to be able to be productive just like they needed electricity. Now everybody needs broadband. And let's always remember rural America and make sure we're putting the resources there as well. Mm. But the american jobs plan is about saying we are going to invest in America's future. And I'll tell you guys Maggie and jean knows this and and and all of us know this. Any member of Congress. Um, you know, we get information, some of it classified, some of it. You read it in the paper about how a question about whether we are keeping or losing our competitive edge as a nation and we need to pay attention to that and we have to pay attention to it. Yes. In the context of national security. But let's, let's look at it also, just in the context of what I like to call american aspiration, the very nature of who we are is we know how to aspire to see things that can be regardless of what has been. And in our greatest moments, we have then invested in that vision where we agree we're not going to be incremental in our approach. We're not going to say, oh yeah, we'll take it slow one day at a time. No, we say let's be big. And when we set the bar high, the very nature of american aspiration is such that we always jump for it and we do it. We said we were going to go to the moon and then we planted a flag there, that's who we are. So the american jobs plan, you know, some people will say, oh, you know, that's a really ambitious plan. That's a lot, well sometimes it takes a lot of courage, a lot of vision, a lot of faith in the american people. Yeah, that's a lot to do. The things that reflect who we are and have been as a nation in our greatest moments. And so that's what the american jobs plan is about. And it is about yes roads and bridges and thinking about what families and working people need to get to work. But it's also about an investment in our future in terms of what we need to do to actually be competitive to create jobs and rise to this moment in the history of our country. And so that's where we are and it's very exciting. You know, we've come off of and we're still in it. But the we see a light at the end of the tunnel in terms of all that this pandemic has brought in terms of the loss of life and jobs and normalcy and this, I believe is one of those things, this push to invest in America's future. That is going to give people a great sense of hope about what is possible. And to remind people about what is possible again, when we set the bar high because we know we are capable of reaching it. And so I'm so happy to be here with you. I'm gonna be talking about you guys everywhere I go and talking about this work. I think it is very important to note that I be W490 graduated the first woman electrician in the state of New Hampshire. I think it is important to look at folks like Haley and kelly and also say we're going to take note of the fact that during the pandemic over two million people, two million women people Mhm became unemployed. And we have to be conscious of that. Let's take note of the fact that these apprenticeship programs are reaching out to and saying, let's bring more women in Because still only I think I'm told something like only six of the workforce in the building trades are women workers. But yet they were showing me there's a thing called the pulley, the Tugger, the Tugger, that is some modern equipment that now allows you to tug these heavy wires to be able to do all the work we need to do to build what we need to build. And we want to make sure that we are like I. B. W. Right here committed to making sure that the workforce is an equal representation of who we are and and I'll close with just a little bit of trivia. Did did anybody know? Do you all know that um heart attacks are actually unisex? How about that? So that makes the point, right, Annie Kuster. That makes the point. So let's approach the work of building back up better of building back up our workforce in a way that we um are optimistic and excited and ambitious about what we are capable of achieving. I think this is a very exciting time. It is not gonna be easy. And all of our friends know that chris knows that and he knows it, jean knows it it's going to be a process in Washington D. C. Of reminding our colleagues who work in Washington D. C. Of the importance of this kind of investment. That by the way the people who will benefit are people everywhere, it's gonna be about laying broadband for rural America. Understanding that our Children need access to broadband to learn before the pandemic. Maybe we thought it's important now, we know it is a necessity that are small businesses need access to broadband to be able to do their business. Are small businesses employ half of America's workforce and our central part of our economy, they need broadband. Let's look at our seniors who we should take care of and understand that if they don't have broadband they don't have access to telemedicine. These are some of the things we're going to accomplish with the american rescue plan. We're going to focus on putting the money in the jobs that are necessary to get the job done. We're going to put the money in the places like I bW that are going to train the workforce and we're going to remind our friends in Washington D. C. That the people who will benefit from this work when they're trying to drive to work over potholes. They're not thinking about whether it's a republican or a democrat. They're thinking about the fact that if they have to keep driving over those potholes Then they're going to be out of pocket probably at least a $400 unexpected expense to to fix or replace those tires, all of the people who need the jobs and will benefit from the jobs. It's not partisan, not in bipartisan, it's nonpartisan. So I'm back in new Hampshire to thank you all for the work you do. I think new Hampshire in a very special way, really does do the work that is about what is practical, what is right, what makes sense? And that's why I wanted to come back here and see you also. Thank you very much. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Hi, can we please hear it for Haley? It's good to see everyone. Please have a seat. I spent some time with Hayley um where she was describing her journey and showing me and she was showing me within um the the interior of the of the house um the work that she has done over so many years to build up the skills that she has and to be a real role model. So thank you Haley for that very kind of production. It is great to be in the House of Labor. It is great to be in the House of Labor. So I want to thank everybody and um I. B. W. For 90 for welcoming us. Um I am so just honored and happy to be yet again in new Hampshire with my dear friend, the former governor and the current one of the current United States senators from New Hampshire, Jeanne Shaheen. I served with Jean while I was in the Senate for four years and um we were earlier we were with Maggie and um, I'll tell you you guys have extraordinary leadership in those two. Gene is really one of the deans, you know, and we, we have caucus lunches where we sit in a room with no cameras and when jean stands to speak, everyone becomes quiet. And she is always a forceful, persuasive voice, not only for the state of new Hampshire but for working people throughout our country. And so jean, I want to just thank you in front of everyone for your leadership. Yeah, Annie Kuster. Thank you again. We we visited the bookstore where we spent time over a year ago together and I want to thank you for your leadership and all that you do. She's been a particular fighter on a number of issues as you know, but in particular thinking about infrastructure in the context of what, what do working people need to get to work. So yeah, they need to drive over good roads and bridges and one of the other things working people need to get to work childcare good. So I want to thank you. And then chris Pappas, where you there you are, you've been so wonderful. We've talked about what labour is doing and the power of organized labor and and the importance of investing in organized labor if we are to invest in the future of our country and the strength of our economy, Chris Pappas, thank you so much. Mm. Okay, so it's great to be with you and I'm here to talk about the american jobs plan but to talk about it in the context of what's happening right here in this local and I actually visited um in Milwaukee I guess. Well over a year ago a local 4 90 for um I. B. W. That is doing similar work but the work that is happening here is the work of Haley. It is the work of kelly who I was with earlier. Their U. R. Kelly. It is of investing in the skill and the talent and the ambition of our neighbors, of our friends of people we meet who walked through the door who want to develop the skills that are going to be a part of building up our economy. And like joe biden says building back better. And so thinking about it in that context, I'll say that the american jobs plan is about infrastructure. Yes it's about roads and bridges. It's about child care, it's about a number of things. But it's about also understanding that if we're going to build back better, America has to invest in the skills development of our workforce and to do that where we're going to get the greatest return on our investment. Let's invest in I. B. W. Let's invest in the building trades, let's invest in those apprenticeship programs that for as long as we can remember have been some of the best in passing on the skills that are necessary to do the jobs that will build us back up. And I'll tell you when I think about this issue of job training and skills development. One of the things that I think we all know is that our country really has fallen behind in terms of our ability to be competitive in a global market and in particular on the issue of investing in our workforce and investing in the skills development of our workforce. In fact, I've seen numbers that tell me that we're looking at something like we have. We invest 1/5 of what other countries leading countries, economically, economically highly developed countries, we are investing as little as 1/5 of what other countries are investing in their workforce. And so when I think about it, I think about a number of ways, not only in terms of what it means to develop a work force to take on the jobs and then to ensure that they are good jobs. And what do you mean by that good jobs? Well, I mean a job that allows you to to earn enough to be able to keep a roof over your head and and and and food on the table and also maybe take a vacation once a year, a good job, a good job to find. Based on. I think our collective belief that in America no one should have to work more than one job to be able to perform those basic functions, which is to take care of your family, a good job where you're safe on the job and you receive pay and benefits that are aligned with the value of the work you do a good job, where when you go to work, everyone respects the dignity of that work a good job and so to invest in the workforce so that we can have and say that we will support good jobs. It also means, I think having a really honest frank conversation about how we've been talking about how we develop the skills and what's necessary to get a good job and by that, I mean this, you know, I think that we have in some ways created this hierarchy about what we decide is a valuable education where we have said, well higher education, that's a very valuable education. And I'd like to challenge that point. I think that instead of talking about higher education, especially where we are now as a country where we are because of technology, where we are because of the future of work. We should talk about it in the context of education after high school, here's why almost any job that we need to be filled will require some education after high school. That's just a reality. And so let's then agreed to that and say, we're going to create them a variety of options for an individual to get education after high school. And that option will be maybe it's a technical college, maybe it's an apprenticeship program, maybe it's a four year college. But agreeing that we have to invest if we are to invest in our future in the future of our workforce, in education after high school, and that's part of what is happening here. And also understanding that education after high school should recognize that for a lot of folks, some of the best good jobs don't necessarily require that you're going to walk across the stage with a diploma, but it does require that you have the skills to get that certificate to do that important work. And so that's why I'm here today. I'm here to hold up and to highlight the kind of work that's happening right here at E. P. W. I. B. W. Around what we need to do um to to invest in America's workforce in the american jobs program. We have a $100 billion dollars going to workforce development programs. So $100 billion dollars is being invested and exactly what I. B. W. Is doing here, the skills development to let people take on the jobs that are going to be about building back up broadband. By the way, we're also investing $100 billion in broadband. Earlier today, I was with Maggie Hassan, um, at the new Hampshire Electric Co Op, where we're looking at the folks who traditionally the farmers who created that coop to fill the work and the jobs that needed to be done to electrify rural America. They're now doing the work of laying the broad band that is necessary for families to be able to be productive just like they needed electricity. Now everybody needs broadband. And let's always remember rural America and make sure we're putting the resources there as well. Mm. But the american jobs plan is about saying we are going to invest in America's future. And I'll tell you guys Maggie and jean knows this and and and all of us know this. Any member of Congress. Um, you know, we get information, some of it classified, some of it. You read it in the paper about how a question about whether we are keeping or losing our competitive edge as a nation and we need to pay attention to that and we have to pay attention to it. Yes. In the context of national security. But let's, let's look at it also, just in the context of what I like to call american aspiration, the very nature of who we are is we know how to aspire to see things that can be regardless of what has been. And in our greatest moments, we have then invested in that vision where we agree we're not going to be incremental in our approach. We're not going to say, oh yeah, we'll take it slow one day at a time. No, we say let's be big. And when we set the bar high, the very nature of american aspiration is such that we always jump for it and we do it. We said we were going to go to the moon and then we planted a flag there, that's who we are. So the american jobs plan, you know, some people will say, oh, you know, that's a really ambitious plan. That's a lot, well sometimes it takes a lot of courage, a lot of vision, a lot of faith in the american people. Yeah, that's a lot to do. The things that reflect who we are and have been as a nation in our greatest moments. And so that's what the american jobs plan is about. And it is about yes roads and bridges and thinking about what families and working people need to get to work. But it's also about an investment in our future in terms of what we need to do to actually be competitive to create jobs and rise to this moment in the history of our country. And so that's where we are and it's very exciting. You know, we've come off of and we're still in it. But the we see a light at the end of the tunnel in terms of all that this pandemic has brought in terms of the loss of life and jobs and normalcy and this, I believe is one of those things, this push to invest in America's future. That is going to give people a great sense of hope about what is possible. And to remind people about what is possible again, when we set the bar high because we know we are capable of reaching it. And so I'm so happy to be here with you. I'm gonna be talking about you guys everywhere I go and talking about this work. I think it is very important to note that I be W490 graduated the first woman electrician in the state of New Hampshire. I think it is important to look at folks like Haley and kelly and also say we're going to take note of the fact that during the pandemic over two million people, two million women people Mhm became unemployed. And we have to be conscious of that. Let's take note of the fact that these apprenticeship programs are reaching out to and saying, let's bring more women in Because still only I think I'm told something like only six of the workforce in the building trades are women workers. But yet they were showing me there's a thing called the pulley, the Tugger, the Tugger, that is some modern equipment that now allows you to tug these heavy wires to be able to do all the work we need to do to build what we need to build. And we want to make sure that we are like I. B. W. Right here committed to making sure that the workforce is an equal representation of who we are and and I'll close with just a little bit of trivia. Did did anybody know? Do you all know that um heart attacks are actually unisex? How about that? So that makes the point, right, Annie Kuster. That makes the point. So let's approach the work of building back up better of building back up our workforce in a way that we um are optimistic and excited and ambitious about what we are capable of achieving. I think this is a very exciting time. It is not gonna be easy. And all of our friends know that chris knows that and he knows it, jean knows it it's going to be a process in Washington D. C. Of reminding our colleagues who work in Washington D. C. Of the importance of this kind of investment. That by the way the people who will benefit are people everywhere, it's gonna be about laying broadband for rural America. Understanding that our Children need access to broadband to learn before the pandemic. Maybe we thought it's important now, we know it is a necessity that are small businesses need access to broadband to be able to do their business. Are small businesses employ half of America's workforce and our central part of our economy, they need broadband. Let's look at our seniors who we should take care of and understand that if they don't have broadband they don't have access to telemedicine. These are some of the things we're going to accomplish with the american rescue plan. We're going to focus on putting the money in the jobs that are necessary to get the job done. We're going to put the money in the places like I bW that are going to train the workforce and we're going to remind our friends in Washington D. C. That the people who will benefit from this work when they're trying to drive to work over potholes. They're not thinking about whether it's a republican or a democrat. They're thinking about the fact that if they have to keep driving over those potholes Then they're going to be out of pocket probably at least a $400 unexpected expense to to fix or replace those tires, all of the people who need the jobs and will benefit from the jobs. It's not partisan, not in bipartisan, it's nonpartisan. So I'm back in new Hampshire to thank you all for the work you do. I think new Hampshire in a very special way, really does do the work that is about what is practical, what is right, what makes sense? And that's why I wanted to come back here and see you also. Thank you very much. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Yeah.