Excerpts From Fox and Friends
Ivanka Trump Previews Workforce Development Initiatives Coming This Week
TRUMP: "What we are fighting for. So last week, while it didn't get the level of headlines, it will ultimately have a much more impact, was infrastructure week. Focusing on the commitment to rebuilding this country, rebuild rural locations which have fallen into great disrepair, repair our waterways, air traffic control. So there were a series of very important and big and far reaching initiatives on infrastructure. This coming week is about workforce development. so with all the noise, with all the intensity of the media coverage, and obviously what makes headlines. Ultimately, we are really focused on why the American people elected Donald Trump as their president."
EARHARDT: "People say, 'Jobs, jobs, jobs.' that's why you, your dad, the Secretary of Labor, you are going to Wisconsin tomorrow to visit with kids taking classes at technical schools?"
TRUMP: "We are visiting one of the great examples of skilled based learning and skills based education technical schools in Wisconsin which we are very excited about. To talk about the skills gap and to really highlight the fact that there is a viable path other than a four year college experience. So, really investing in vocational education, skill based training. There are 6 million available American jobs. So we're constantly hearing from CEOs that they have job openings but they don't have workers with the skill set they need to fill those jobs. Really bridging that gap and bringing experienced based education to the forefront. So apprenticeship, actually. That's the model."
DOOCY: "Something your dad knows it well."
TRUMP: "He knows it very well! And it has worked throughout the world and it is something we de-emphasized here in favor of four year traditional college but they don't have to be mutually exclusive."
DOOCY: "As somebody who has run her own business, this something personal to you. I'm sure there have been situations where we love to hire people but we can't find the people who have the right skill set."
TRUMP: "It’s true, and while it's not a woman's issue, it disproportionately affects women and minorities, especially when you think out into the future where the available jobs today and the future jobs are coming from. A lot of the them are in stem related fields, science, engineering, computer science."
DOOCY: "So teach them today for the jobs of tomorrow?"
TRUMP: "Well women are, for example, while we represent 47% of the overall workforce, we only make up 23% of stem-related occupations. So, we're moving in the wrong direction in terms of our participation and that's something ultimately we need to change. We’ll encourage k-12 but also retraining for workers whose jobs have been displaced. So we have a huge emphasis on it this week, it's critically important, and I think we can make a very big impact."
KILMEADE: "Not only that for this week for the administration but in your book, you put your money where your mouth is. You have “Women Who Work” out there. It breaks down this whole issue basically from the female perspective. Because you have gotten a real handle on it in the big picture, the 62% of the workforce that's working is more important than the unemployment number perhaps, because a lot of people can work. They can't find a job that matches up with their skills. in some cases they choose not to work."
TRUMP: "Yeah, and we need the full participation. So many people are also working jobs that are part time, and it's an enormous problem in this country. The number of part-time workers who are working two and three jobs that, collectively, they are making less than when they worked one job that's been replaced. And they don't have access to leave for vacation to holidays, to traditional benefits. So that's another problem we are very much looking address."
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