Income to the state of florida, when you have over 21% of the population being foreign born, where you have over half a million u.s. citizens living with at least one undocumented family member in their home in a mixed status environment, you know, when you have a state that is run by immigrants and industries of crop production, agriculture, construction, roofing, taxi drivers, and maids and house keeping. when you have a state that is run so much by immigrants, to say this bill is going to affect nearly all residents, families, and businesses in the state is really a terrifying fact. and you know, it s interesting because you talk about the number of immigrant entrepreneurs in florida. i definitely experienced that, i lived down there 14 years. you have a lot of people who own construction firms and restaurants, and these are people who are latino. they are themselves, and a lot of them are republicans, and desantis supporters and probably voted for him. i want to read a quote from
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gillian: as trillions of federal money starts flowing into infrastructures across the country there might not be enough workers to fill the jobs. older workers are retiring quickly. not enough young people are being trained to take their place as construction workers, plumbers and electricians to name a few trades. mike emanuel joins us with what is being done to try to help fill this glaring gap. hi, mike. bill: it s become a very competitive environment trying to attract skilled trade workers. associated general contractors of america reports 93% of construction firms report open positions. 91% are having trouble filling some of the positions. 77% think they don t have the skills or can t pass a drug test. 66% of firms have delayed projects because of labor
Moderating political content. trace? trace: mark meredith in d.c. tonight. thank you. new data on a growing problem for america s workforce with baby boomers retiring. not enough young americans are training to fill skilled trade positions. tonight we take a look at what is being done to shrink the massive gap. here s the chief washington correspondent mike emanuel. as the baby boom generation retires, employers are struggling to find young americans to fill jobs as plumbers, electricians, and it construction workers. the ceo of a family owned construction company since 1938 offers this pitch. if you are somebody that really just wants to earn a paycheck, contribute to the greater good of the country, working in the crafts i don t know how there is anything more awarding than that associated general contractors of america 93% of construction firms report open positions. among those firms, 91% are having trouble filling at least
To withstand earthquakes simply collapsed in on themselves. to try to prevent such catastrophic collapses, turkish building regulations were strengthened. professor mehmet aydinoglu was asked to write these new rules. this is a guide for engineers and it contains the rules for good, safe building design. we have a good seismic design code. i believe it s one of the best in the world. but because of the lack of proper implementation, we face such a terrible situation. some developers and construction firms didn t follow the rules. rather than enforce them, the government declared an amnesty, allowing firms to pay if their building didn t