(MASS) House Committee Passes Solis' Green Jobs Act

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Bill Will Prepare Workers for "Green Collar Jobs" to Fight Global Warming


Washington, D.C. - By a vote of 26 to 18, the House Education and Labor Committee passed Congresswoman Solis' legislation today to help train American workers for jobs in the renewable energy and energy-efficiency industries – industries that are key to U.S. and world efforts to combat global warming.

"By helping to create good-paying jobs in industries that are likely to continue to grow for years, this bill would take a good step towards making the American economy more competitive," said Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the chairman of the committee. "And by helping green industries to grow by providing them with a strong supply of well-trained, highly-skilled workers, this bill would remove one of the barriers that slows our progress in confronting the serious dangers posed by global warming."

The Green Jobs Act of 2007 (H.R. 2847), introduced by Reps. Hilda Solis (D-CA) and John Tierney (D-MA), authorizes up to $125 million in funding to establish national and state job training programs, administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, to help address job shortages that are impairing growth in green industries, such as energy efficient buildings and construction, renewable electric power, energy efficient vehicles, and biofuels development.


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