but i don t think this is really in the hands of democrats right now. i think it s in speaker mccarthy s hand, and a small group i ve talked to republicans who are scared to death the government is going to be shut down. he has members of his caucus that don t want it to happen. there seems to be some momentum building. we ll see what happens when everybody gets back to town. congresswoman, i want to turn to a matter that s certainly important as someone who representatives the state of michigan. the united autoworkers are voeetting unanimously to strike, looking for a significant wanl increase and other measures. give us your reaction to what s happening there, something near and dear to your home state. look. i spend a lot of time with the uaw, i spent a lot of time with the auto companies. i m somebody who talks to somebody every day. i think that people need to take this very seriously. i think we could see a strike, and if we do see a strike, the impact on our economy, nobod
but the problem is a few things. one is that the labor force participation rate fell. american adults looking or looking work. it s been down quite a bit since covid hit. it had been recovering. it is going down. not good for labor shortages. we have a lot of openings. that in turn will feed into inflation. it has in the past. we have seen hotter than expected wage growth. you think that s a good thing. right? but the fed is concerned that the level of wage growth seen to date is not consistent to use fed chair jay powell s term with target level of inflation. hoping to see wanl growth cool off and now how does the fed react? how does the fed react to that?
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concession coming from this taliban minister. another interesting one that this can be virtual learning which is also quite a change. 20 years ago, the wanl would just arrest people if they had tv screens. women have been enjoying this education. when there have been protests in recent days and weeks, there have been acts of violence to disperse those gatherings and the journalists themselves who have covered those protests. we have learned first hand, of course viciously beaten, they came so it is a mixed bag. and quite ominous when it comes.
you said some of the reporting about the united states giving afghans or americans to the fwanl was inaccurate and misconstrued. i m wondering if you can clarify a bit more. last week the president said there s sometimes been instances where maybe it s coming through and names have been given but he also added that i can t tell you there s been a list of names. there may have been but i know of no circumstance. i think that s entirely consistent with what i said several minutes ago. reports we were given a proactive list of afghans or any individuals who want tods leave the country are inaccurate.