On Monday morning inside Building F at Atlanta Technical College, United States Senator Jon Ossoff took to a podium to speak to assembled media about legislation that will strengthen the state’s community college and technical college systems. The “Strengthening Community Colleges” program is a bipartisan partnership in which Ossoff, fellow Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock and Indiana Senator Mike Braun are working together on this effort, according to Ossoff.
“It’s perfectly suited to meet Georgia’s economic needs,” said Ossoff when discussing how Georgia residents can prepare for workforce development and technical careers at the small, local college level. “Atlanta Tech is an extraordinary institution helping so many Georgians to prepare for careers and helping so many businesses to build the workforce and recruit the workforce that the state economy needs to thrive.”
Ossoff said the headline of today’s stories and newscasts should be “Strengthening Community Colleges”, but the biggest story, the national story, is United States Vice President Kamala Harris taking over the top of the Democratic presidential election ticket following United States President Joseph R. Biden announcing that he will be stepping away yesterday afternoon.
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Ossoff said he was pleased to endorse Harris’ bid for president and called Harris “prepared and ready to win” and that she has his full support.
Ossoff also said he spoke to Biden Sunday night following the announcement and that he thanked Biden for all he has done during his decades of public service, which includes his current term as president. “I conveyed my gratitude for all that he has done for the state of Georgia and I am ready to work to ensure the vice president is successful in November.”
Georgia representatives Phil Olaleye (District 59) and Rhona Burnough (District 17) were also in attendance and both stated they are in full support of Harris’ presidential bid. “I am supporting her and look forward to helping her in Clayton County, the county that helped turn Georgia blue in 2020,” Burnough said.