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We do need is the fact that we have to close that skill gap. and i think that's going to have to be the focus in dealing with this new technology that's changing our society. >> david, you know, the liberals are saying, let's raise the minimum wage and health care to every worker. what happens, a company like amazon realizes it's cheaper to employ a robot than a human. >> i haven't seen a comment from amazon tying those two together. i have faith in the american worker, from service to the economy, and we need to smell the coffee and act on that, be prepared, not worried. and to work in the ne...

Tool to solve the russian review act. at this tool had only been used successfully once before. once in the 20 years this tool has been on the books. you know what? since january, 14 congressional review acts have been signed into law. 14 times, we've rolled back oppressive regulations. it is estimated that these actions alone will save family businesses $36 million. to revitalize main street, earlier this month the house passed the financial choice act. you have seen as much as anyone the hit that community banks have taken from countless rules coming out of washington. of these banks are the...

>> all of the above. this is a small but significant part, if you start providing and changing the system to demand driven education, educational institutions, whether they are two or four-year colleges or other experience-based education institutions are providing workforce skills with each passing year for every hundreds of thousands of folks that go through this, those are new job jobs. currently, all the policy you see this administration administering whether it be, or other is part of bringing individuals back into the workforce. >> reporter: when will we see results, when with the skill...

American companies want to hire. the issue is the mismatch between jobs and employees job skills. it also persists to some of the more traditional sectors of the economy, currently 360,000 job vacancies in manufacturing. 200,000 job vacancies in construction. and with the upcoming plans for infrastructure, those job vacancies in construction are only going to increase. apprenticeships teaches skills needed to bridge this skill gap. an apprenticeship combines a paid work component within educational opponent. apprentices and while they learned in the process they largely avoid the substantial s...

Recognize that americans want to work, we just need to marry up the desire to work and workforce skills. >> reporter: one of the newcomers of the administration here, i believe this is the first time we have heard from you on camera. can you give us more of a broad reading of how you see the labor market currently, you have mentioned the unemployment rate is 4.3%, i am wondering if you could give us your read on what some of the bright spots are with the job market right now and what some of the challenges are. obvious, we've had almostspots 600,000 new jobs, the 4.3% unemployment rate is the ...