Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said Monday that the budget cuts that his department is facing won’t hamper the Trump administration’s effort to expand workforce training and apprenticeship programs. Acosta did not say where the funding for the expansion would come from, however, instead repeating that administration was focused on reforming existing federal programs.

“We tend in Washington to simply say, ‘How much more money can we spend on something?’ rather than, ‘Let’s think outside the box and try to solve a problem.’ I think we owe it to the American taxpayer who is ultimately footing this bill to focus less on how much we spend and more on whether the problem is being solved,” Acosta said during the White House press briefing Monday. He said the administration’s full plan would be announced Wednesday during a White House forum for its “Workforce Development Week” push.