Honorable Phil Roe
United States Representative, Tennessee, Republican
Representative Roe, of the First District of Tennessee, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008. He sits on the Committee on Education and the Workforce, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, and on the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. He served as Vice Mayor of Johnson City, Tennessee, from 2003 to 2008 and as Mayor from 2007 to 2009. The following is from the March 15, 2013, House floor debate on H.R. 803, the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act. Today, there are more than 12 million Americans who are…
