Max has made it his mission to expand workforce development and career and technical education opportunities that create prosperity for individuals & build a stronger future for America.
Expand workforce development and career and technical education opportunities.
Occurrences
"I’m proud to see this bipartisan effort advance and look forward to getting it across the finish line."
I’m proud to lead legislation to expand opportunities that prepare our young people for the jobs of today’s economy.
Max takes vigorous action and pushes for commonsense policies that put Ohio and America First... [with issues that matter] the most – high taxation, workforce development, fentanyl overdoses caused by an unfettered southern border, supporting law enforcement, and bolstering American energy security.
American Workforce Act
I am working to improve access to workforce development programs, particularly those dedicated to enhancing career-oriented technical training.
introduced the American Workforce Act, a bill to overhaul workforce education
Evidence
"America faces an unprecedented labor shortage. I am working to improve access to workforce development programs, particularly those dedicated to enhancing career-oriented technical training."
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-OH-7] (Introduced 02/15/2024). Latest Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
The American Workforce Act would provide high school graduates with a $9,000 workforce training voucher to participate in employer-designed education programs.
The bill would expand education and training vouchers to allow foster youth to access short-term workforce and vocational training programs, apprenticeships, and remedial education.
Miller's official House issue page says, 'I am working to improve access to workforce development programs, particularly those dedicated to enhancing career-oriented technical training.' The page contains no indication that the promised expansion has been enacted or delivered.
Congress.gov shows H.R. 5779 was introduced by Rep. Miller of Ohio on October 17, 2025 and 'referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce.' The bill text states it was introduced in the House; no enactment or final passage is shown.
As of the 2026-06-19 fetch, Miller's official Education & Workforce page still says he is working to improve access to workforce development programs and career-oriented technical training, and the page shows no posted updates or resources for that issue.
Congress.gov shows Rep. Miller introduced H.R. 7386 on 2024-02-15 and referred it to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce; the bill tracker still shows the status as Introduced.
Assessments
Miller made concrete federal attempts to expand workforce development and career and technical education, including introducing H.R. 7386 in 2024 and later workforce-training legislation in 2025-2026. But the evidence shows these bills remained introduced or referred to committee, and his official issue page still describes the goal as ongoing rather than completed. Under federal credit rules, that is a serious effort but not a delivered policy outcome.
Miller made concrete federal legislative attempts to expand workforce development and career/technical education opportunities, including sponsoring bills for CTE advocacy grants, workforce training vouchers, and foster-youth workforce training access. However, the cited measures were introduced or referred to committee with no evidence of enactment, final passage, or implemented policy expansion. Under the instruction, serious legislative effort without delivered policy is a failed promise with an effort badge rather than partial or delivered.
Miller made multiple concrete legislative attempts to expand workforce development and career and technical education opportunities, including the Career and Technical Education Advocacy Grant Program Act, the American Workforce Act, and a foster-youth workforce training voucher bill. However, the evidence shows these measures were introduced or referred to committee rather than enacted, and it does not establish that the promised expansion was delivered as policy. Under the rubric, serious legislative effort without the promised outcome counts as never with an effort badge.