U.S. Senator Mike Dewine (R-Oh) Holds a Hearing On Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act Title V

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U.S. Senator Mike Dewine (R-Oh) Holds a Hearing On Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act Title V

U.S. SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE: SUBCOMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT SECURITY AND AGING HOLDS A HEARING ON REAUTHORIZATION OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT TITLE V

MARCH 28, 2006

SPEAKERS: U.S. SENATOR MIKE DEWINE (R-OH) CHAIRMAN U.S. SENATOR JOHNNY ISAKSON (R-GA) U.S. SENATOR ORRIN HATCH (R-UT) U.S. SENATOR PAT ROBERTS (R-KS) U.S. SENATOR JEFF SESSIONS (R-AL) U.S. SENATOR MICHAEL B. ENZI (R-WY) EX OFFICIO

U.S. SENATOR BARBARA A. MIKULSKI (D-MD) RANKING MEMBER U.S. SENATOR JEFF BINGAMAN (D-NM) U.S. SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON (D-NY) U.S. SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY (D-MA) EX OFFICIO

U.S. SENATOR JAMES JEFFORDS (I-VT)

WITNESSES: MASON BISHOP, DEPUTY ASSISTANT LABOR SECRETARY, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

JOHN BEVERLY III, ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE OF NATIONAL PROGRAMS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

IGNACIO SALAZAR, PRESIDENT AND CEO, SER-JOBS FOR PROGRESS NATIONAL, INCORPORATED

KENT KAHN, REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, EXPERIENCE WORKS OHIO

TONY SARMIENTO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SENIOR SERVICE AMERICA, INCORPORATED

[*] DEWINE: Good afternoon.

We welcome all of you to the Subcommittee on Retirement Security and Aging's hearing on the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act.

Today we'll be focusing on Title V of the Older Americans Act, the Senior Community Service Employment Program.

I want to thank Senator Mikulski, the subcommittee's ranking member, for her interest in these issues.

The senator has asked that I let everyone know that she's not going to be able to attend today's hearing. She's disappointed she cannot be here, but President Bush just asked her to attend a small meeting at the White House on America's Agenda for Innovation and Competitiveness. Because this matter is so important to Senator Mikulski and our nation, she feels she needs to be there.

As all of you know, this issue is very important to her, and we'll continue to work on reauthorizing the Older Americans Act. As many of you may remember, during the reauthorization process in 2000, Senator Mikulski and I worked on this bill, and I look forward to working with her again on the Older Americans Act.

Just over a month ago, we had many of the same people who ar...

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