; 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) 7.5 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