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Facilities. The secretary will meet with the appropriations committee. The house passed a bill looking at the ba secretary, giving him more flexibility at ba facilities. V. A. Facilities. We want to get your reaction in the first 45 minutes. To the actions that took place yesterday and what should be done overall about it. Heres your chance to call and give your thoughts. 202 5853880 four democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. Ndependents, 202 5853882 a special line for veterans to give their thoughts. 202 5853883 you can post on our facebook page. 50 posts so far. Can email us, too. Joining ...

Wayperson standing in the of making progress. That would be the speaker of the house. I know in his heart his intentions are good. We just hope that we will see before the one year is out from the senate bill some son of life, some sign of intention, some bill that can come to the floor. Scheduledis and even on a bill that could possibly take us to conference. It is clear that their intention is to do nothing and that is totally unacceptable. We have a bill, 200 cosponsors, hr 15, including three republicans. Many more republicans told us they would go for the bill. Give us a vote, mr. Speaker...

He asked about why i say 10. 10. Historically out what we had done in raising the minimum wage back to 1939. All of the years is about a 41 increase. Some are higher and some are lower. The average 41 . Our rates would be 39 . It is keeping historically with what we have done. The last minimum wage increase that happened under the bush was 42 increase. Over three years. The largest was 39 over three years. How do we pick 10. 10 . I have a chart here that shows about how much the minimum wage has declined in terms of the level of poverty. As you can see, in 1968, it was what hundred percent of ...

We are not just talking about teenagers getting new jobs, by the way. We estimate about 20 Million People get a raise in america. It is a progrowth bill. The economic benefits will increase the gdp. This is a progrowth bill. He asked about why i say 10. 10. We looked historically out what we had done in raising the minimum wage back to 1939. The average of all of the years is about a 41 increase. Some are higher and some are lower. The average 41 . Our rates would be 39 . It is keeping historically with what we have done. The last minimum wage increase that happened under the Bush Administrati...

Motivation for both sighs to get something done before they ave,t leave. But theres a really significant difference between democrats anb republicans over how that package should look. Packag and the big thing is whether youre going to change the law so that its harder for people who are coming in to the country from Central American countriest too get these automatic files. Theres a lot changed in 2008 thats really leading to a lot of people crossing the board right now. And democrats and republicans disagree on how o much you shoua change thaw t lawto to try to mp prevent more people from tr...