Moreover, I strongly support workforce development... My efforts will help adults get training for better jobs and higher wages.
He will continue to support workforce development and job training.
Occurrences
Evidence
Harris serves on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.
The homepage recent votes list shows Harris voted Nay on H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, on June 9, 2026.
Congress.gov records H.R.803 as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, with latest action on July 22, 2014: became Public Law No. 113-128. The CRS summary says the law revised requirements and reauthorized appropriations for workforce development systems for job training and employment services, adult education, employment services, and vocational rehabilitation services.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 378 on H.R.803, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, as passed 415-6 on July 9, 2014. The member vote list shows Harris, Republican, Maryland, voted Yea.
Congress.gov lists H.R.6655 as A Stronger Workforce for America Act. The bill status is Passed House, with House passage on April 9, 2024, 378-26. The summary says the bill reauthorizes through FY2030 and modifies programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, including Job Corps and employment and training services for youth, adults, and dislocated workers.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 105 on H.R.6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act, as passed 378-26 on April 9, 2024. The member vote list shows Harris, Republican, Maryland, voted Yea.
Congress.gov lists H.R.447 as the National Apprenticeship Act of 2021. The summary says it provided statutory authority for the registered apprenticeship program and related grant programs, including grants to expand apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and youth apprenticeship programs. The bill passed the House but was referred to the Senate HELP Committee.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 31 on H.R.447, the National Apprenticeship Act, as passed 247-173 on February 5, 2021. The member vote list shows Harris, Republican, Maryland, voted Nay.
Harris's official House site says he serves on the House Committee on Appropriations and on the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee.
The House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education subcommittee reported that it held a hearing on community colleges and alternatives to four-year degrees. The release says appropriators heard testimony about programs that educate and train students for promising careers, and that the hearing would inform FY2027 appropriations investments and priorities.
Assessments
Harris materially supported a concrete federal workforce-development outcome by voting Yea on final House passage of H.R.803, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which became Public Law 113-128 in 2014 and reauthorized job training, employment services, adult education, and vocational rehabilitation programs. He later also voted Yea on H.R.6655, another WIOA reauthorization/update bill that passed the House in 2024, showing continued support, though it did not become law. His Nay vote on the 2021 National Apprenticeship Act is contrary evidence against uniform support for every training bill, but the broad promise to continue supporting workforce development and job training is satisfied by his vote for enacted WIOA legislation during his federal service.
The available evidence does not show that Andy Harris actually delivered continued support for workforce development and job training. His committee assignment gives him a relevant role, but committee service alone is not proof of support or results. The cited 2026 Nay vote concerns labor policy generally and does not directly demonstrate support for workforce development or job training. Because the record here shows relevance and engagement but not a clear action, sponsorship, vote pattern, or appropriations outcome tied to the promise, the claim is best scored as unresolved rather than delivered or never.