>> i congratulate everyone at bombardier on the contract. as i am said before, i want the government to be a good customer of british firms. they drop the contract for there were always service that bombardier did not win. -- for the railway service that bombardier did not win. >> the prime minister rob roblin be aware of the chief executive executive vice stock exchange topped 100 companies paid 35 times as much as a hospital consultant. when will we see that obscene 35 times multiple come tumbling down? >> the government setting out their own pay ratios as an active leadership. i think this government has shown some leadership, not least by cutting and freezing the minister's pay and having total transparency. on the specific issue that he raises, this year, we have seen a 49% increase in pay and yet and only 4% increase in the ftse. i am not against people running great companies being paid lots of money if they are growing them if they are expanding and succeeding. we do not want is reward for failure. frankly, the last government had 13

pennsylvania, he was commissioned in the navy, served on destroyers, carriers and was an a 6 e bombardier navigator through two deployments including 37 combat missions during desert storm. left active duty in '95 to serve on the staff of two united states senators, served as senior policy adviser to the secretary of energy and since 9/11 have been recalled to active duty four times. and bob, i want to thank you on behalf of all the americans for your service. to our country. thank you very much. >> my honor. >> tom tarantino. he's the senior legislative associate for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. he manages the legislative team and is responsible for executing their goals working with governments, congress, other decision making bodies and veterans organizations. tom is a former army captain who left service the in 2007 after ten years in the service. he spent a year in deployment with the 11th armored regiment in iraq where he earned both combat action badge and the bronze star. thank you for your service as well. >> thanks. >> hans von spakovsky -- did i do that right? >> t

it's true that airbus -- >> bombardier, our canadian friends. >> but the thing is, all of these firmsl champions protected by their respective countries. companies with lots of public contracts that protect their position. the thing is that boeing sort of might lose on a super jumbo deal with one country or another, but they are much more tightly defended and protected than a truly competitive sector. >> i want to respond to this. i think this is -- this idea of this sort of -- you know, that you addition the response here that you have to a lot of the mrobz and the political economy which i find attractive and intellectually honest and intriguing, is that we have a problem with insufficient competition. incumbent interest, rent seeking, corporate government access keeping people out. and i think that -- >> there's only a fuel employment in that scenario is with leverage. you don't have it through two companies. >> one, we've seen there are different ee qua lib lee yum. right now we're in one in which that's a skewed distribution. the second thing, how many airplane manufacturers are

university pennsylvania he was commission in the navy, served on destroyers, carriers and was a bombardier and navigator to two deployments, including 37 combat missions during desert storm. last active duty and 95, served on the staff of two united states senators, served as a senior policy adviser to the secretary of energy, and since 9/11 has been recalled to active duty four times. bob, i want to thank you on behalf of all of us for your service to our country. thank you very much. >> my honor. >> tom tarantino. tom is the senior legislative associate of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america where he manages the legislative team and is responsible for executing their legislative goals, working with governments, congress, other decision-making bodies and, of course, veterans organizations. tom is a former army captain who left service in 2007 after 10 years in the service. he spent a year into play with the 11th cavalry in iraq. thank you for your service as well. hans von spakovsky -- >> that was close but not quite. [laughter] >> i actually practice that a couple times last night b

yesterday, i was in wichita to announce an agreement with bombardier learjet which will see that company expand its workforce in wichita. and we aren't done. there will be more. [applause] because, like clyde cessna, we're not going to quit. we're going to keep trying, keep innovating, keep growing. we're going to keep our faith in a loving god and a promising future, working together and praying together for a better kansas. i began tonight talking about my daughter's wedding. what a wonderful day. seeing your child get married inspires a few tears and many emotions. for one, it makes you feel very old. or shall we say more mature. [laughter] but it also reminds us of why we are here. that our season is short, the needs are great and people, particularly our children, are depending on us. you as legislators sacrifice a great deal to be here. i appreciate that. the people of kansas appreciate that. you leave your homes, businesses and communities to come here and serve the people. thank you for what you do to make this a better state. i really do, and i say to on behalf of the people of