; and (2) removing regulatory barriers to reduce costs, increase access, and allow for innovative teaching models. (c) Findings on workforce development The House finds the following: (1) 6.1 million Americans are currently unemployed. (2) Despite billions of dollars in spending, those looking for work are stymied by a broken workforce development system that fails to connect workers with assistance and employers with skilled personnel. (3) The House Committee on Education and the Workforce successfully consolidated 15 workforce development programs when Congress enacted the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in 2014. (d) Policy on workforce development It is the policy of this concurrent resolution to build on the success of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act by— (1) further streamlining and consolidating Federal workforce development programs; and (2) empowering States with the flexibility to tailor funding and programs to the specific needs of their workforce. 510. Policy statement on the Judgment Fund (a) Findings The House finds the following: (1) The Judgment Fund (Fund), established in 1956, was created to pay judgments and settlements of lawsuits against the Federal Government. (2) As a result of the Fund’s design, it is ripe for executive branch exploitation. The Obama Administration used the Fund to make billions of dollars in payments to Federal agencies and foreign entities. For example— (A) on January 17, 2016, the State Department announced the Federal Government agreed to pay the Iranian government $1.7 billion to settle a case related to the sale of military equipment prior to the Iranian revolution, of which $1.3 billion was sourced through the Fund, without prior congressional notification; the Obama Administration’s use of the Fund to make this and other payments raises serious concerns by sidestepping Congress