Be going to the Board Meeting in may if i see him ill ask him. This is page 8 of 24 all in favor, say i. Of adoption. Opposed it is 5 to one. There is no item 16 item 17 please. Item 17 an action item approval the minutes retirement board retreat. This item commissioner, i will leave it up to our pleasure if we go forward with adopting the minutes ill vote against them i dont think they will accurately reflect our retreat if we want to send them back if someone agrees with me they can come back more accurately lettingthem the agenda didnt match if you read the minutes that cigarettes we were on the agenda so i think it should reflect what happened then that friday and saturday more accurately so i will leave it up to the group if someone makes a motion to continue versus adoption ill open up for the will will of the commission. I ask we continue those minutes i firmly agree that that just as an example the meeting started at 4 oclock it was sponsored to start at 3 oclock this doesnt sh
The things we do with the budget resolution, on the bus appropriation bill, separate appropriation bills that follow, sequestration across the board cuts to allow agencies, departments, to allocate their resources. Hopefully that will enable us to look at risks, areas of risk, put more money there and areas of risks put less money there but in terms of what we can do to help you do your work better, give us one good idea. I will start. Having answered my question, you had given my response and it is recognizing that this country there are a number of risks that we face. Is a large country and part of the conversation we have to have, the department of Homeland Security administration and lawmakers and American Public is we cant mitigate every threat so it is understanding those that have the most significant consequences and ensuring we are having a conversation, mitigating them, personnel to go about doing that so having the conversation that we have today over the course of time, wha
The crisis or a bad economy. They are the result. They are the result of it spent why should the government do less of two expand Social Security . They should do less loopholes for corporations and the very rich. They should do more spending on infrastructure to make us as a country more competitive as a nation and create jobs in the process. We should be increasing the minimum wage. Lets talk about that for a second. If minimum wage had kept pace with inflation instead of being 7. 25, it would be 10. 70 by. If it had kept pace with productivity it would be 18. 75 if it had kept pace with a wage increases of the top 1 it would be 28 an hour. Now, im surprised people watching, i think something good will happen on minimum wage next year. This is an issue that really breaks through. What is your path, what do you think or hope will happen next year in this congress . Let me expand that out for just a second, if you dont mind, mike. Theres a growing trend toward populism in this country.
Ohio, he was a guy who would give you great advice and would work to get you an answer for the problem. So whether it was the Appropriations Committee or quite frankly the Transportation Committee where he served much of his career, was an area where he knew more about transportation and transportation issues, quite frankly than anybody in this town. He was a walking book on transportation issues. Pretty hard for a buckeye to talk about a university of michigan graduate this way, mr. Speaker, but its going to be a big void for this house for not just all five, but especially Steve Latourette who has really given his heart and his soul for 18 years try to make this body and our nation a better place for our kids and our our grandkids. It really didnt matter who you were or what you were about or if you had an r or a d by your name with respect to steve. If he believed in your cause, he was your partner, and he was going to do everything within his power to make sure that cause, that iss
Of our country. We have known that for years. When are we ever going to make those kind of decisions . We will have another opportunity later, when the debt ceiling issue arrives. When are we going to make this decision . That is our question. This whole discussion and admittedly, the president has some advantages, being one messenger. You would think this whole discussion was about nothing other than raising the top two has tax rates. Two tax rates. That has literally nothing to do with solving the problem. I have been waiting for the president to become serious about solving the problem. I do not know when he is going to become serious. It sounds to me like we are running out of time. We will take our cues from the speaker as to when they are able, if they are able, to reach some kind of agreement. The democrats have 50 or more votes. A great step in itself. What are the indications for republicans to approach for the debt to not be raised while spending is cut . , i can speak for ev