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Congress should limit Washington’s authority over energy efficiency to voluntary programs and promoting government efficiency.

Friend. when you look at this, representative, that is the question, right? we think about the midwest, we think about what that quote/unquote manufacturing base is, and certainly the michigan economy has evolved over the decades to involve tech, for instance, in the ann arbor corridor and throughout in detroit, i should say, in addition to that. what is your reaction to donald trumps plan on jobs? do you see, do you hear what rehema was hearing on the ground? >> well, you know, we hear that ane...

Unemployed for a long period of time, give them up to $10,000 in low-interest loans so they can relocate to cities or states where the unemployment rate is lower, and lets consolidate -- i have a proposal to consolidate 35 of the 50 worker training programs at the federal level spread across nine federal agencies, many are which will duplicative, and consolidate those into one, and shift the power to states, so they can fit the needs of their states. these are the things we should be talking abo...

Comes, it will they are ready for the job. bhunchts increase in the minimum wage at the federal level? >> you know, again i look at that years ago, i worked at mark donalds when office kid you can paul ryan worked down the road for me in janesville, i walked in a small town. those were great jobs to start out with. my great fear, paul and i back then and my kids when they worked those sorts of jobs they would be without work. we have a high unemployment rate amongst young people. if wrerp with h...

Targeted programs without providing the critical assistance needed by vulnerable populations such as veterans, low income adults, youth, adults with literacy and english language needs, people with disabilities, ex-offenders, and others with significant barriers to employment. so with such huge issues before the congress as weve been talking about in this conversation if you cant agree on revamping the federal jobs program what can you agree on with the white house? >> listen. this is why we hop...

California received 6.8 million dollars in stimulus funds. the money was supposed to be used for worker training programs. guess what? californias inspector general says the agency misused one million stimulus dollars. the agency reported to have spent the money on rent and office utility bills instead of training perhaps. steve moore joins us live. co-author of -- steve, stunning but i guess to be expected when youve got billions floating out there? >> i dont know if this is more outrageous tha...

California received 6.8 million dollars in stimulus funds. the money was supposed to be used for worker training programs. guess what? californias inspector general says the agency misused one million stimulus dollars. the agency reported to have spent the money on rent and office utility bills instead of training perhaps. steve moore joins us live. co-author of -- steve, stunning but i guess to be expected when youve got billions floating out there? >> i dont know if this is more outrageous tha...