a few months back, with the leadership of secretary waltz and president biden. we improved upon it by adding seven paid sick days instead of one, that was in the original agreement. secretary buttigieg said this is not perfect. no party is going to be perfectly happy. but it s what is right for the american people. who have gone through a lot over the last few years and cannot afford to have yet another disruption to our economy. you know i want to ask you about the collapse of the crypto exchange ftx. you knew it. well you know it well. back in march you are one of eight members of congress signing a letter asking them to back off, saying you are being too intrusive with crypto companies. one other very crypto company has over a billion dollars and client funds missing. and you regretting signing that letter? now. that letter was not asking for the s cc to back off.
all democrats. one was jay koch and fast. jay, good to see you. i want to start with the field bill. i was going to present our strike and how insidious? good evening, stephanie. thanks for having me on. the last thing our connor mean eads right now is a freight freight rail shut down after two years after two years of supply chains snarls and we can t go into the holiday season with the main arteries of our service country to transport consumer goods. we put into law the same deal that 12 union leaders agreed to a few months back, with the leadership of secretary waltz and president biden. we improved upon it by adding seven paid sick days instead of one, that was in the original
supreme court jested exactly why many fear they would do. they blocked the biden administration s covid vaccine testing requirement for businesses. all six justices, including the three voted by trump, voted against the pork place role. they said that congress has indisputably given osha the power to regulate occupational dangers, it is not even a agency to the power to he is a member of the biden administration and he joins me. now secretary waltz, clearly you thought you had the authority, what is the reaction to the ruling today? certainly very disappointed in the ruling. we were doing this rule to keep americans safe. to help get americans back to
cutting the cost of electric vehicles. so that more drivers and families can afford the gas savings that come with a electric vehicle if you can afford one. this is something that america needs more than other. the right policy at the right time. you know i think we are going to get it done, but i can t speak to the exact date that it s going to happen. we are going to get to this. the trucking workforce. is specifically addressed in the infrastructure bill that has already been passed. as i was thinking about it this evening, there are so many provisions of the build back better bill that apply to truckers as well as other workers over the country. the child tax credit for example. when you read about just how difficult the economic life of truckers is, in this country. they have there is ways of benefiting the trucking workforce outside of the infrastructure bill and in build back better. absolutely. i will give you an example. we had a roundtable as you mentioned with secretar
employers with more than 100 workers are required to be vaccinated or tested by the virus weekly. which affects about 80 million american city. the administration said that the deadline for that policy implemented. with that effective will affect nursing homes and other facilities that receive medicare funds, must ensure all employees are vaccinated by january 4th with no option for texting. it seemed like a very good ideas. a sound policy. also a huge undertaking. secretary marty walsh, implementing these workplace rules, and he joins me. now secretary waltz, first let s describe how the federal government has the authority to do this for these employers with 100 or more workers? the law enacted osha and flies this by putting it in state. this is not done lightly. lots of conversations have gone