Lawmakers find common ground on supporting entrepreneurship in U.S. workforce
Washington,
February 1, 2023
By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times
House lawmakers have found an area of bipartisan interest in a divided Congress: American entrepreneurship. Reps. Rick Allen, Georgia Republican, and Mark DeSaulnier, California Democrat, are seeking to expand entrepreneurial skills training to existing federal workforce development programs. “Having built my own business from the ground up, I know how difficult that process can be,” Mr. Allen said in a statement. “The Startup Act is about removing barriers to entrepreneurship and expanding access to the hands-on training and tools that will help countless people turn their version of the American Dream into a reality.” The legislation, introduced Wednesday, would amend the current Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to include entrepreneurial skills development training in the current system. It would also authorize the Labor Department to conduct a three-year, multi-state study to review the outcomes of new programs and report its findings to Congress. Mr. DeSaulnier said his inspiration to foster entrepreneurship stems from personal experience, as well as local inventors and small business owners in his district who have called for more government support. |
