There are a couple of meetings today in the district that we hope to attend. Early in the morning, Walz will host his own veterans meeting in New Ulm:
Walz New Ulm Veterans Forum
Wednesday, March 19
9:00 am
American Legion
13 S Minnesota St
New Ulm, MN
Later in the morning, Walz will meet with National Guard member and Iraq War Vets that's hosted by USAction.
USAction leads a national coalition of academics, advocates, grassroots leaders, labor organizations, progressive organizations and others to bring a safe and responsible end to the war and invest in America's Future, most importantly, our veterans.
WHO: USAction, Rep. Tim Walz, Iraq War Veterans, MN National Guard Members
WHAT: Round Table Discussion to hear what the Cost of War has meant to MN's soldiers and their families and to discuss improving the support they receive.
WHERE: Mankato State University, Centennial Student Union, Room #238 (Knickerson Room)
WHEN: Wednesday, March 19 at 11:00AM
Yesterday,Walz held a economic and education summit in Rochester; KAAL-TV covers the event in Preparing Our Workers for the Workforce:
Thousands of people from our area are looking for work tonight.
Some say we've fallen behind in the training of our workers.
And that means we run the risk falling behind other states and countries.
That's the message at an economic summit today, hosted by Minnesota Congressman Tim Walz.
Melissa Johnson is looking for a new job in the health care field.
She's been trained as a nursing assistant and has the skills for the job she wants, but according to the people at a panel on Tuesday, we are not training our workers well enough for highly skilled jobs in bioscience and technology.
"The shortage of workers we're going to have, especially shortage of workers in these technical fields, is pretty terrifying,” says Congressman Tim Walz.
Walz and the experts say, either we train our workers to be smarter and give them more skills, or our country and our workers will lose out.
"We're not looking at hiring engineers from overseas, we're looking at hiring them right out of Rochester,” says Walz.
John Devlin runs a small bioscience company.
He says schools need to emphasize math and science and educate kids about the types of jobs in the biosciences and renewable technologies.
"It’s kind of like the gold rush,” he says. “There's new developments each day and there's really the potential for something great here in this region."
Randy Johnson oversees workforce development incorporated in southeast Minnesota.
"They’re going to have more highly skilled and more diverse task ability workforce to be able to work through this,” says Johnson. “It's quite a challenge.”
A challenge he says we all have an incentive to prepare our workers for.
"I'm definitely going to go back to school,” says Melissa Johnson. “I don't think you can get very far in this world without an education.”
And some say it's more important to teach smart now, than it's ever been.
Panelists say if we don't develop our own workforce, we could lose jobs, money and tax revenue to other states and countries.
There's an accompanying video.
Looking ahead, Congressman Walz will be a panel member on the Seventh Oberstar Forum on Transportation Policy and Technology at the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies:
Federal transportation programs and policy are due for dramatic institutional reform and revamping, according to the recommendations of a national study commission. With SAFETEA-LU expiring next year, what is the potential for such transformation in the next surface transportation bill? National experts will offer their perspectives at the seventh James L. Oberstar Forum on Transportation Policy andTechnology April 7 in Minneapolis.
Oberstar, chair of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will open the event with a presentation titled “Transformation of National Transportation Policy for the 21st Century.” Next, Congressman Tim Walz from Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District, who serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee with Oberstar, is invited to present “Federal Transportation Policy to Meet State Needs.”
The forum then turns to a panel discussion of the recommendations of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. The commission was created by Congress under SAFETEA-LU (Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users), the federal surface transportation bill enacted in 2005. The results of its work are available in the recently released report Transportation for Tomorrow. Panelists are Jack Schenendorf, the commission’s vice chair, and commission members Rick Geddes, Steve Heminger, and Matt Rose. A second panel will assess the likelihood of policy transformation. Speakers will include Pete Ruane, president and CEO of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association; John Horsley, executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; and William W. Millar, president of the American Public Transportation Association.
Congressman Oberstar will provide closing remarks.
The forum is free and open to the public.Space is limited, however, so attendees are encouraged to register.
Click on the link above for contact information.
An article from the Akron Beacon Journal about VoteVets and Iraq Vets for Congress mentions Tim Walz and Ashwin Madia.
We knew that Congressman Walz was on the Veterans Affairs, Ag, and Transportation Committee, but we didn't know he secretly ran the U.S. Mint and Department of Energy, manipulating money and oil supplies. Obsessive-compulsive anti-Dem Paul Ibisch reveals all.
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