Pelosi Pushed to Seek Another $15 Billion for Worker Training

A group of House Democrats is mounting an effort to pressure chamber leadership to include more than $15 billion for workforce development and retraining efforts in the next large-scale coronavirus-relief bill.

The $2.2 trillion CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) provided $345 million for a national grant program to aid workers who have been laid off amid the public health crisis, in addition to expanding unemployment insurance and other worker-focused provisions. But Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) and Andy Levin (D-Mich.) argue that a much larger investment is needed to meet the growing demand for job-training and re-skilling programs.

“We ...