U.S. Congressman George Miller offered his views on energy, education, and the economy during an August 11 visit to Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation‚’s Pittsburg plant, where employees, executives and manufacturing industry leaders gathered to meet the 17-term representative.

This was Rep. Miller‚’s first visit to Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation, a long-time leader in guided motion technology. During the first leg of his visit, Rep. Miller responded to questions from employees, including one from Bud Wisecarver, founder of Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation. Mr. Wisecarver, who has spent nearly 50 years sponsoring career technical education in high schools, spoke about the relevance ‚– and absence ‚– of this kind of training in schools today. Rep. Miller, a long-time advocate of career technical education, agreed with Mr. Wisecarver, and said that over the years schools have devalued the trades and have primarily focused on preparing students for four-year colleges. He cited positive examples of career technical education in the East Bay, which included the culinary academy at Mt. Diablo High School in Concord.

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