While addressing issues with the economy, Sen. Amy Klobuchar said recruiting kids into the workforce will combat shortages.
"We've got workforce issues, and that's why this build back better act is so important," said a Democrat on ABC News' This Week.
We need people and kids to go into jobs that are hard to find. We don't have a shortage of marketing degrees, we have a shortage of health care workers. The bill puts us on the right path because we have a shortage of plumbing, electricians, and construction workers.
This Week is on November 28, 2021.
President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill earlier this month, which was trumpeted by Minnesota's Senator, who said it would improve the economy. The law allocates federal money to the public-works system to repair roads and bridges, replace lead pipes, and expand broadband access.
The $2 trillion social spending bill passed out of the House earlier this month. The bill, which faces an uphill climb in the Senate, includes universal pre-K, childcare subsidies, monthly cash payments for many American families, as well as Medicare expansion and federal prescription-drug price controls.
"That's what we do about the problem in front of us, which is to have the backs of the American people." "That's our top priority," she said.
