(Washington, D.C.) – Tomorrow - Thursday, January 21st  2010 - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) will take part in a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services (LHHS) that will focus on programs aimed at saving and creating jobs as they work to put together legislation in the coming months to help combat job loss. At tomorrow’s hearing, Marlena Sessions, CEO of the Workforce Development Council of Seattle will testify about what job programs she has seen that have worked locally - including youth employment efforts - and what more can be done to help. The hearing is an effort to implement successful strategies and lessons from the Recovery Act into any new legislation.
 
 
WHO:             Senator Patty Murray (D-WA)
Marlena Sessions, CEO of the Workforce Development Council of Seattle
                        Chet Culver, Governor of Iowa
Lawrence Mishel, Ph.D.President, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC
Jerry Weast, Ed.D. Superintendent Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, Maryland
 
WHAT:           Hearing on Upcoming Jobs Bill
 
WHERE:        Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 192
 
WHEN:           Tomorrow – Thursday, January 21st , 2010
9:30 AM EST/6:30 AM PST
 
WEBCAST:    http://appropriations.senate.gov/