Cotton Introduces Bill to Overhaul Workforce Education

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:Patrick McCann(202) 224-2353October 8, 2025
Cotton Introduces Bill to Overhaul Workforce Education
Washington, DC— Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the American Workforce Act, legislation that would overhaul workforce education. Funding from the bill would provide training vouchers to pay for education programs designed by employers.
“For decades, the federal government has spent billions of dollars propping up bloated colleges that serve a minority of our citizens—and recently, have let antisemitic and anti-American ideas flourish. Meanwhile, the majority of Americans who don’t go to college are left behind. My bill will right that wrong by investing heavily in a new workforce education strategy to help working Americans get ahead,”said Senator Cotton.
Text of the bill can be foundhere.
The American Workforce Act would:
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