Support and expand career education and trade schools.

We’ve eviscerated all the trade schools... both parties have done a terrible job of supporting career education, supporting the trade, supporting small businesses like mine.

She commits to restoring support for career education and trade schools to rebuild the workforce.

Washington’s 3rd Congressional District debate: Republican Joe Kent and Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez - OPB
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In Congress, she is working to increase access to apprenticeships and technical training and reduce the number of jobs that require applicants to have expensive college degrees.

Commits to expanding apprenticeships and technical training and reducing unnecessary degree requirements.

Issues - Marie Gluesenkamp Perez for Congress
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Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez requested FY27 funding for a new skilled and technical facility for Raymond School District’s Career and Technical Education programs, saying the current facilities are no longer sufficient to safely accommodate students seeking hands-on technical training.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): She is actively seeking federal funding to expand local CTE infrastructure, which is concrete support for career education and trade training.

partial same_term A for effort

Gluesenkamp Perez Seeks More than $40 million for 20 Community Projects Across Her District
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In a May 22 district post, the office said Gluesenkamp Perez has championed forestry workforce training through the Jobs in the Woods Act, which connects young people with rewarding careers and training in forestry and had passed the House this spring.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is official confirmation that she has backed and advanced a workforce-training bill tied to skilled trades and forestry jobs.

partial same_term A for effort

Gluesenkamp Perez Tours Sawmill, and Speaks with Veterans About VA Services
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This year, Rep Gluesenkamp Perez had 30 provisions included in the base text and 21 provisions in amendments adopted by the committee.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official House release after the lookback search shows continued appropriations work, including committee-adopted provisions tied to CTE, dual enrollment for shop/welding, and apprenticeship expansion, but not final enactment of those FY27 items.

partial same_term A for effort

Gluesenkamp Perez Ends a Successful Appropriations Season with a Number of Policy Wins
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On the Appropriations Committee, Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez fought hard to pass amendments to extend shop classes to 6th graders and make AP credits available for career and technical education (CTE) classes. Both amendments were signed into law in FY2026 spending bills.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official House statement says two career-technical education amendments were enacted in FY2026 spending bills, showing concrete but bounded delivery toward expanding trades education.

partial same_term A for effort

Gluesenkamp Perez Meets With Students and Educators Focused on the Next Generation of Trades Workforce
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