Are right good, i will leave. [laughter] anybody have a question . Of course, have to get funding somehow from the paul ryan ways and Means Committee but as a know from past experience with shuster at the helm riding shotgun good things can happen. Also for the record for the 10 billion he got back and he was secretary that is the great airport with 100 million for that one. But we want to move right along first average just like to get each member of the panel to be recognized. First of all, of the president and ceo and regina who was president and ceo of the society of america. And the congressman from utah the knowledge of his house on a lot of good things including trade in then we have Michael Lewis president and ceo of the deputy secretary of transportation got a few things going but then allowed him a to ease out with the panel. But i think the timing is significant as a leadership in the senate with the infrastructure funding we need to do what is necessary with though whole pa
Going to happen. So that would be kind of my report. I appreciate. I appreciate. Thank you very much. A quick question because i no you have so many. Since the congress eliminated earmarks on special projects projects that are essential to being authorized and approved come back to allowing those type of endeavors . I think that what happened with the earmark debate is it got out of hand numerically and they got out of and in substance, board it really is traditionally when shuster held the gavel they would use of the individual members of the house. Already heard from mayors and county commissioners and governors and state legislators so you had an idea. It adds up to about 125 million. The state was ready to go for it. Well, your not going to get that. That is that. That is where i think a lot of the leadership came from because suddenly that county commissioner, the city council everyone had by an. Right right now it is sort of an academic thing. It gets fuzzy. Not sure who actually
Could you speak to the idea of fully Autonomous Vehicles in a shared use environment that is not as a personal car that i own but a fleet vehicle that i use or like the daimler car to go fully autonomous, can deliver packages food deliver people, replace cars busses, taxis in an urban environment. Seems like that paradigm change would be looking at it differently, than trying to replace each individual car, would have more opportunity. I think that when you talk about fleets, this is something were already seeing. Ben mentioned military use, not only drones but Land Vehicles and military looking at fleets there. Theyre definitely looking at this kind of technology. From a consumer perspective, Something Like car to go is a perfect platform for this technology. You see it in washington, d. C. , those of you that travel to other cities we are in lots of cities around the world you see the smart cars that are a little reminiscent in the google perception of what an Autonomous Car will loo
We have a lot of questions. The gentleman over here i saw first. Please introduce yourself and please keep questions brief. Thank you. I am nick farmer. Could you speak to the idea of fully Autonomous Vehicles in a shared use environment that is not as a personal car that i own but a fleet vehicle that i use or like the daimler car to go fully autonomous, can deliver packages food deliver people, replace cars busses, taxis in an urban environment. Seems like that paradigm change would be looking at it differently, than trying to replace each individual car, would have more opportunity. I think that when you talk about fleets, this is something were already seeing. Ben mentioned military use, not only drones but Land Vehicles and military looking at fleets there. Theyre definitely looking at this kind of technology. From a consumer perspective, Something Like car to go is a perfect platform for this technology. You see it in washington, d. C. , those of you that travel to other cities w
What you should watch out for. But first,. It is time for america and the state of illinois to have a serious conversation about raising the minimum wage. Melissa that was senator dick durbin joining president obama calling to raise the federal minimum wage to 10. 10 an hour, up from. 25 an hour. As the wage war raises on, lets bring in former massachusetts senator scott brown, also a fox news contributor. They claim it will create 140,000 jobs as money circulates through the economy. What do you think . I love how they throw around numbers, oh, well create this jobe and that job. Not surprising dick durbin will be there cheerleader for the president as number two democrat in the senate. He will do whatever the president tells him what to do. Has you checked with chamber of commerces and businesses how they will absorb that cost . So im a little suspect. I think everybody should get a fair and living wage. However you have to do it in a thoughtful, methodical manner to make sure busine