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Sponsor asks Congress to adopt veteran apprenticeship hiring goals; Alaska committee reports resolution
Summary
The Senate Labor and Commerce Committee heard Representative David Nelson’s second presentation of House Joint Resolution 20 urging Congress to set hiring goals for apprentices and veteran apprentices on DOD construction projects; a committee member moved to report the resolution with individual recommendations and an attached fiscal note and no objections were heard.
Representative David Nelson urged the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee on May 8 to back House Joint Resolution 20, a nonbinding plea to Congress to establish hiring goals for apprentices and veteran apprentices on U.S. Department of Defense construction projects.
"This resolution aims to assist veterans who are preparing to transition from military life to civilian life," Nelson…
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