On behalf of our member companies. Our agenda looks a little different from what you all expected. We had a little lastminute change. Jennifer cannot be with us. She is in the premises. Her luggage is not. She sends her apologies. She would have provided a stellar update on what is going on in illinois. We wish her well. With that, i am going to turn it over it to representative greg cromer who will kick us off. Thank you. It is good to be with you folks this morning. Greetings from the state of louisiana. Home of the new Orleans Saints and health cooperative. Thats a cheap plug but i had to do it. A little history. I was in the Space Business for 31 years building tanks. Then, working with the boeing corp. Big, big rocket. Ive been elected to legislature for six years. I was brought an opportunity to change career paths at age 55. We are a nonprofit Government Insurance company. The newest in the state of louisiana. Some of you may question the wisdom of that choice or decision to go
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Brenda. Look, the concern the cry is for the 15 minimum wage. If 100 people now are getting minimum wage, at the end 95 wont get anything and maybe five will get the minimum wage. Why . Because the 15 minimum wage, brenda, is just a signal for companies to odd mate even faster. That can be automated. Its being automated in mcdonalds. Now in the bank, you see one or two tellers and a row of atm machines. You go to the supermarket and you see self service checkout. All the jobs will go away quicker. The cashiers, the supermarket clerks, if we go to 15 minimum wage. All it is is a sign that says if you have low skills or just entry jobs, dont bother, we can automate it. Lets think about the timing. We barely have a jobs recovery, and doubling the pay of these workers, isnt this the wrong time to do that . Its the absolute right time to raise the minimum wage. Doubling it to 15, no, i think thats too fast too soon, but raising it to 10. 10, what congress tried to do in the face of gop oppo
Brenda. Look, the concern the cry is for the 15 minimum wage. If 100 people now are getting minimum wage, at the end 95 wont get anything and maybe five will get the minimum wage. Why . Because the 15 minimum wage, brenda, is just a signal for companie to odd mate even faster. That can be automated. Its being automated in mcdonalds. Now in the bank, you see one or two tellers and a row of atm machines. You go to the supermarket and you see self service checkout. All the jobs will go away quicker. The cashiers, the supermarket clerks, if we go to 15 minimum wage. All it is is a sign that says if you have low skills or just entry jobs, dont bother, we can automate it. Lets think about the timing. We barely have a jobs recovery, and doubling the pay of these workers, isnt this the wrong time to do that . Its the absolute right time to raise the minimum wage. Doubling it to 15, no, i think thats too fast too soon, but raising it to 10. 10, what congress tried to do in the face of gop oppos
Was that . With regard to tsa because of the responsibilities for the screening and Airport Security has a limited separate line budget with regards to providing Technical Assistance on Airport Security no other component to my knowledge has a separate line item that would permit the kind of Capacity Building. Let me quickly pursue this very briefly. You said that despite the fact they work to incorporate recommendations on response times and the Standard Operating Procedure they do not require member countries to implement them. Do you have recommendations on this . As i said in response to the chairs question requiring other countries to screen the database is an issue we need to debate but populating it has a direct and Immediate Impact on our security so if we go down that route and mandates or Capacity Building efforts i would focus on getting data into the database that we could screen. Whether we could cooperate with interpol and other organizations such as the Civil Aviation or