But i do not encourage us to force states and localities to pursue a one size fits all policy. As we continue to mourn and pray for these families, lets Work Together to find Real Solutions that promotes peace and security, not fear and not collective punishment. I pray for an end to senseless acts of violence. I pray for every policy maker here and beyond to make rational and deliberate decisions. I pray for reform that promotes thoughtful Community Safety policies immigration integration and common sense comprehensive Immigration Reform. I pray for the comfort of each of the families speaking here today and those who are not here. And i thank you again for inviting me here today. Reverend salgaro. Now mr. Steinle. First of all on behalf of my family, i would like to thank the members of this committee for the honor to speak to you about our daughter kate. All children are special in their own way and kate was special in the way she connected with people. We called it the kate effect.
If this wasnt in front of me and ready for signature, we would end up having projects all across the country that would be frozen after mid. On the other hand, we have now made it a habit where instead of fiveyear funding plans for transportation and instead of longterm approaches where we can actually strategize on what are the most important infrastructure projects, how are they getting paid for, providing certainty to government norors and mayors and localities about how they are going to approach Critical Infrastructure projects roads, bridges ports, airports instead we operate as if were we hand them out three months at a time. Which freezes a lot of construction, which makes people uncertain, which leads to businesses, not being willing to hire because they dont have any longterm certainty. Its a bad way for the u. S. Government to do business. So, i want to make sure that before i sign this, Congress Gets a clear message. That is we should not be leaving all the business of the
And people who are teenagers or young are going into the workforce, you could imagine that there are limited numbers of entrylevel jobs, and so theres some of that happening. Is that fair . Well, i wouldnt say that its a limited number. Okay. But theyre in competition, and that might affect the wages, and that, in turn, might affect how many hours the teenagers want to work. One last topic before we turn to the audience. So, weve talked about effects among highly skilled workers in the entrepreneurial economy and low skilled workers. How do we understand the effects in the middle . The report talks i mean, because of the hourglass shape of the immigration flows, theyre not as direct, but there are certainly some effects. Jenny . So, i dont think that we have really good purely empirical studies looking at this. We have studies that are somewhat of a blend of theory and data looking at this, but those studies say that precisely because there are not many immigrants coming in with middle
And people who are teenagers or young are going into the workforce, you could imagine that there are limited numbers of entrylevel jobs, and so theres some of that happening. Is that fair . Well, i wouldnt say that its a limited number. Okay. But theyre in competition, and that might affect the wages, and that, in turn, might affect how many hours the teenagers want to work. One last topic before we turn to the audience. So, weve talked about effects among highly skilled workers in the entrepreneurial economy and low skilled workers. How do we understand the effects in the middle . The report talks i mean, because of the hourglass shape of the immigration flows, theyre not as direct, but there are certainly some effects. Jenny . So, i dont think that we have really good purely empirical studies looking at this. We have studies that are somewhat of a blend of theory and data looking at this, but those studies say that precisely because there are not many immigrants coming in with middle
And people who are teenagers or young are going into the workforce, you could imagine that there are limited numbers of entrylevel jobs, and so theres some of that happening. Is that fair . Well, i wouldnt say that its a limited number. Okay. But theyre in competition, and that might affect the wages, and that, in turn, might affect how many hours the teenagers want to work. One last topic before we turn to the audience. So, weve talked about effects among highly skilled workers in the entrepreneurial economy and low skilled workers. How do we understand the effects in the middle . The report talks i mean, because of the hourglass shape of the immigration flows, theyre not as direct, but there are certainly some effects. Jenny . So, i dont think that we have really good purely empirical studies looking at this. We have studies that are somewhat of a blend of theory and data looking at this, but those studies say that precisely because there are not many immigrants coming in with middle