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Transcripts For CSPAN Labor Secretary Acosta Testifies On FY 2018 Budget Request 20170627

Is about your apprenticeship order. I salute your interest in that and the president s interest in it and look forward to supporting it. I have one question about it. The executive order allows you to deny access to the expansion of the Apprenticeship Program for certain sectors that already have effective and widespread Apprenticeship Programs. Is that directed at the Construction Industry . Do you plan to exempt the Construction Industry from your executive order . Secretary acosta senator, thank you for the comments and the questions. First, let me say going to your earlier combhent that this morning the department of ib comment that this morning the department of labor had a request for information regarding the overtime rule. Once ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Labor Secretary Acosta Testifies On FY 2018 Budget Request 20170628

Glad youre here and appearing before this committee today to discuss your departments fiscal 2018 budget request. As you know, the budget is significantly challenged in terms of the cuts in your department. I think the proposed cuts of 2. 3 billion are about onefifth of the departments operating level. Certainly while i appreciate and many of us appreciate the departments prioritizing limited resources and making decisions to realign programs, the fundamental question is really what you choose to cut and whether you can possibly look at that number and make an argument as to why that much of your previous budget should be cut this year. Its not the first time these kinds of cuts have come in the department. Last year president obama proposed about the same level of cuts, though he proposed somehow these programs would lean heavily on new mandatory spending for the budget caps in the law then. Of course, those budget caps are in the law still. Instead of making difficult decisions, it w ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Labor Secretary Acosta Testifies On FY 2018 Budget Request 20170628

Glad youre here and appearing before this committee today to discuss your departments fiscal 2018 budget request. As you know, the budget is significantly challenged in terms of the cuts in your department. I think the proposed cuts of 2. 3 billion are about onefifth of the departments operating level. Certainly while i appreciate and many of us appreciate the departments prioritizing limited resources and making decisions to realign programs, the fundamental question is really what you choose to cut and whether you can possibly look at that number and make an argument as to why that much of your previous budget should be cut this year. Its not the first time these kinds of cuts have come in the department. Last year president obama proposed about the same level of cuts, though he proposed somehow these programs would lean heavily on new mandatory spending for the budget caps in the law then. Of course, those budget caps are in the law still. Instead of making difficult decisions, it w ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Labor Secretary Acosta Testifies On FY 2018 Budget Request 20170630

Is so stunningly unpopular is that the president talks consistently during the campaign about repeal of Affordable Care act that wouldnt cause anyone to lose insurance. Promises were made over and over again that more people would be ensured after this process was finished than under the Affordable Care act. They confirmed again yesterday that 22 Million People across this country would lose their healthcare. It is with those getting their insurance through other means. There is a recent article in the atlantic which says how the gops Health Care Bill would Effect People ensured through work. It is fewer people would sign up and fewer would offer coverage. Millions of people would lose employer sponsored hea ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Labor Secretary Acosta Testifies On FY 2018 Budget Request 20170705

What is being called the iiic summit which includes leaders from Central Europe the baltic states. He is expected to meet with the president s of poland and croatia. Then he goes to germany for the g 20 summit where he is expected to have his first facetoface meeting with russian president vladimir putin. Other leaders attending the g 20 include chancellor Angela Merkel of germany, president of china and Prime Minister of japan. Now labor secretary Alexander Acosta testifies about the president s budget request for his department. Missouri senator roy blunt, chairs the Senate Subcommittee hearing. The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health, human services, education and related agencies will come to ....

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