We must encourage more federal support for funding internships and apprenticeships...
He will continue to support more federal funding for internships and apprenticeships.
Occurrences
Evidence
The homepage still advertises a "FY2027 Programmatic Appropriations Form" and an "Internships" service page; the latest news shown is June 16 and June 9, 2026, on agriculture and grid reliability.
The office's internship page says Fall 2026 applications open on June 1, 2026.
The bill authorized apprenticeship grant appropriations of $400,000,000 for FY2022, $500,000,000 for FY2023, $600,000,000 for FY2024, $700,000,000 for FY2025, and $800,000,000 for FY2026; eligible funds could create or expand apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and youth apprenticeship programs.
On February 5, 2021, the House passed H.R.447, the National Apprenticeship Act, 247-173. The Clerk's roll call lists Representative Harris, Republican of Maryland, voting Nay.
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act states that career pathways include apprenticeships registered under the National Apprenticeship Act and authorizes increasing workforce funding, including youth workforce investment activities from $820,430,000 in FY2015 to $963,837,000 in FY2020, adult employment and training from $766,080,000 to $899,987,000, and dislocated worker training from $1,222,457,000 to $1,436,137,000.
On July 9, 2014, the House agreed to the Senate amendments to H.R.803, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 415-6. The Clerk's roll call lists Representative Harris, Republican of Maryland, voting Yea.
Congress.gov summarizes H.R.6655 as reauthorizing through FY2030 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and grant programs for states to provide employment and training services for youth, adults, and dislocated workers through a One-Stop delivery system. The bill passed the House 378-26 and was referred to the Senate HELP Committee.
On April 9, 2024, the House passed H.R.6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act, 378-26. The Clerk's roll call lists Representative Harris, Republican of Maryland, voting Yea.
Congress.gov lists H.R.447 as passed by the House on February 5, 2021, then received in the Senate on February 25, 2021 and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; the bill status is Passed House, not enacted into law.
Assessments
Harris did not deliver clear, targeted federal funding increases for internships or apprenticeships. The strongest direct apprenticeship-funding bill in the record, H.R.447 in 2021, would have substantially expanded apprenticeship funding, but Harris voted against it and it did not become law. He does get partial credit for voting for broader workforce-training measures, including the enacted 2014 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which included apprenticeships in career pathways and authorized increased workforce investment funding, and for later supporting H.R.6655 in 2024. Those actions show some support for adjacent federal workforce funding, but not enough to count the specific internship/apprenticeship funding promise as delivered.
The evidence shows Andy Harris’s office still runs an internships workflow and has an appropriations form open, but it does not demonstrate that he actually secured or materially advanced more federal funding for internships or apprenticeships. That is enough to suggest ongoing interest, not fulfillment of the funding claim. No direct legislative or executive action is shown, so this cannot be counted as delivered or even partial fulfillment on the merits of the specific promise.