i am proud that rich and the afl-cio won the entire movement. thank you for being here for the partners in this endeavor. as suzanne said a minute ago a lot of members are lining up in it's about time. i've been fighting for infrastructure for many years. remember i used to be at the american trucking associations and it is hard to think of another movement when the potential for real and meaningful progress has been so great. it's possible and it's likely so now we have to welcome this challenge and figure out how to make it work. it's a debate over what and infrastructure package should be and how it should be paid for and should achieve is heating up and we're looking forward to the perspective from secretary and just a momeninjust a moment andn television yesterday, this is an emerging perspective with more to come. the chamber is willing to work closely with her and the leaders at both ends of pennsylvania avenue to get this done. this morning i want to lay out three priorities for the infrastructure package that we believe will be the key

well, i got your back. >> the afl-cio's going to sue you? when he says afl-cio, i will bet you $11 that he means aclu. oh, but come on. it's not like military guys ever need to know acronyms. the afl-cio's going to sue you? they aren't going to sue you. anyway, so that's the bright light that the white house tried to put in charge of the united states army. and there are reams and reams and reams of this stuff from him in the public domain. he's been a public figure for a long time. he's a serving state senator for tennessee. he was running for governor. but apparently the white house never noticed any of this stuff before they put him up as second nominee to run the united states army. one by one, members of the senate armed services committee started coming out against mark green as his record became more and more clear. as of a few days ago critics included that chairman, john mccain. once the chairman of the committee is against you, you're not going to go far. another critic is tammy duckworth. she came out quite strongly against mark gr

i'm a proud -- i'm proud that rich and the afl/cio and the whole labor movement, thank you for being here, are our partners this endeavor. as suzanne said a minute ago, a lot of others are lining up too. it's about time. i have been fighting for infrastructure for many years. you remember i used to be at the american trucking association. and in all of my time in washington it's hard to think of another movement when the potential for real and meaningful progress on infrastructure has been so great. i'm not saying it's going to be easy or quick. not by a long shot. but it's possible and it's likely. so now we've got to welcome this challenge and figure out how to make it work. the debate over what an infrastructure package should be, how it should be paid for and what it should achieve is heating up. we're looking forward to hearing the administration's perspective from secretary of transportation elaine chao in just a moment. as she said on television yesterday, this is an emerging perspective, more to come in the immediate future. the chamber's ready to work closely with her and wi

we will also hear from the afl-cio president. this is a half-an-hour. >> i am delighted to welcome you here today. when you have my job you get to be in this room and say that sentence a lot but i mean it today are more than usual. [laughter] not just because it is such a charming audience that i started my career at the trucking association and you don't ever get it out of your blood i don't think so it is an important topic at the right time. thank you to the partners and sponsors and the talented team for putting this together. the chamber is a founding sponsor which by the way i meant to ask the team. we are proud to see how this event has grown and reached scope every year. you know more about infrastructure than i will ever learn so i don't need to tell you the problem this is for the country. the nationwide challenge. the next five days businesses around the nation will gather with government officials at some 100 events nation wide, boston, las vegas, la and right here in the nation's capital. through all the activities a

you know, just talking on tv three hours a day when you're, you know -- get up at 4:00 in the morning. afl-ciolist. the list tracks ceos income for 2016. among the findings the average ceo made 347 times more money than the average rank and file worker. joining us afl-cio president richard trumka. it begs the question, and it's good to see you, mr. trumka, i guess -- >> thanks for having me back on. >> is your idea, or as a remedy if you think a remedy is needed is shining a light on this? i guess that's the reason for this initiative, i think i've asked you before, you're not looking for congress or someone to pass a law capping ceo pay, are you? >> well, we're looking to do a couple of things. one, shed light on the fact that the climb of the royal ceo continues, they get a 6% pay increase in 2016 while workers got a 2% pay increase. they continue to expand their domain, if you will, the royalty. we think that shareholders ought to become more active, and lower those, and that workers ought to get a bigger share of the wealth that they produce. they haven't gotten a raise or wages have been

in economic news, a new report by the afl-cio says ceos of the biggest u.s. companies are paying themselves, on average, 347 times more than the average u.s. worker earns in a year. the ceo's paid themselves an average of $13.1 million in 2016. in ohio, the environmental protection ancy has fined energy transfer partners -- the company behind the dakota access pipeline -- $400,000 for spilling millions of gallons of drilling chemicals and fluids onto the land amid construction of another pipeline, the $4.2 billion gas rover pipeline, which is slated to stretch from appalachia to ontario, canada. there have been at least 18 spills, including one of up to 5 million gallons of fluids that has contaminated a previously pristine wetland. ohio epa director craig butler said this spill will "kill just about everything in that wetland." officials are currently trying to clean up the chemicals with a vacuum and by hand. this comes as bloomberg news reports oil is slated to begin flowing through the dakota access pipeline on may 14. the pipeline faced months of resista

afl-cio's i will bet you $11 that he means aclu. oh, but come on. it's not like military guys ever need to know acronyms. theafl-cio's going to sue you? they aren't going to sue you. any way, so that's the bright light that the white house tried to put in charge of the army. he's been a public figure for a long time. he's a serving state senator for tennessee. the white house neveroticed any of this stuff before they put him up as they're second nominee to run the united states army. one by one members of the senate armed services committee started coming out against mark green as his record became more and more clear. his critics on the senate armed services committee including that committee's chairman john mccain, once the chairman of the committee is against you, you're not going to go far. he faced criticism from amy. she came out quite strongly against mark green to be secretary of the army. we actually learned this afternoon here at msnbc that as of last night, the white house had given up on mark green and had started interviewing potential replacement nominees. i was all set to report that tonight w

speaker, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record let frrts the united steel workers, the afl-cio and the international brotherhood of teamsters in opposition to this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlelady from illinois. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mr. boustany: thank you, mr. speaker. this is not -- mrs. bustos: thank you, mr. speaker. this is not how washington is pose -- supposed to work. we're supposed to improve the lives of hardworking people. instead this reckless and dangerous trumpcare bill would undermine the health and economic security of millions of americans. people like emily carlson. she's a small business owner and mother two of from rural illinois. she lives with m.s. a life-long and very expensive pre-existing condition. before health care reform, emily and her husband, kevin, a farmer, often had to sit around the table at night, go over their bills, and decide between sickness or debt from one month to the next. if this bill

[inaudible] good morning as president of the afl-cio welcome to infrastructure week 2017 and went to thank my friend and partner for his commitment to rebuild america. we started this campaign five years ago to raise awareness about our infrastructure needs and we have done exactly that. it is time for our leaders to act. if we build a they will, -- they will come. but instead of building we're discussing and delaying. is time to build. every day we wait is an opportunity lost in the address to avoid joint session of congress president trump proposed 1 trillion of infrastructure investment in fact, it should be even bigger so my question is this, where is the bill? brings legislation to the floor and the labor movement will help you pass it. all we ask it is done the right way with robust public funding and high labor standards supporting american jobs and american resources and american steel. business and labor are divided on a lot of issues but infrastructure is not one of them. the american people want us to build and they want us to build today. roads, bridges, sewer, elect rici

president ronald reagan was newly inaugurated in speaking at a meeting of the afl-cio at the washington hilton. it was a routine day for the president secret service special the presidential protective division, who had been at the hilton many times before. on that day, john hinckley junior attempted to assassinate the president in an effort to draw the apparent -- attention of actress jodie foster. due to quick and effective actors -- actions of many law enforcement professionals including our three panelists, the president was rushed to george washington university hospital where the doctors were able to save his life and john hinckley junior was captured and arrested. tonight, we will get to hear from two former secret service agents that were there, one we took a bullet for president reagan, and one former fbi agent who led the subsequent investigation.and now the story of the assassination attempt on president ronald reagan, shooting the shotgun nation, an investigation and aftermath that followed, and the changes that occurred in presidential production as a result of this histori

we will also hear from the afl-cio president. this is a half-an-hour. >> i am delighted to welcome you here today. when you have my job you get to be in this room and say that sentence a lot but i mean it today are more than usual. [laughter] not ju

support from certainly from business, look at the chamber of commerce, trucking industry, look at the afl-cio. you'll find it from big business and big labor. so we really have to address this problem. it provides jobs. it is important for our global economy. then authorize programs to improve specific categories of deficient infrastructure while also making sure that the true cost of using, maintaining and improve all infrastructure is accounted for. we need leadership from all levels of government. investments have to be spent wisely. we shave an opportunity right now. members and both candidates were talking about this as a bipartisan issue. we sometimes get cross wise on how you actually fund it. it is all of the above. it is public e/private partnerships, federal, state and local. all of the above. . it is also important to require all projects greater than $5 million that receive federal funding using life cycle cost analysis. we need to look at costs over the entire life cycle of infrastructure. creating incentives for maintenance. creating tools to prioritize prob jekts. i i-85. we sa

the steelworkers union here in the united states, one of the largest unions in the afl-cio, here, stunned the world of american labor two years ago when they issued a press release announcing the formal alliance-- i'll use their words--the formal alliance between the steelworkers union of the united states, which--i don't know how many members it has, but in the hundreds of thousands, big union--with mondragon, the corporate--that huge, successful worker's self-directed enterprise in spain. and i remember many of us were taken aback. "what an interesting idea. an alliance." what did it mean? well, the details were hard to come by. it seems as though there was discussion, obviously, between them. they issued a joint press release and had a press conference. but it's hard to tell, so i'm now going to imagine where this might go. i'm not saying that's where they're taking it. i don't know exactly where they're going to take it, or even whether they're going to take it somewhere, but here's what i would do. imagine a trade union movement with a completely different strategic idea from what it

. >> you know, we found an issue that the chamber of commerce and the afl-cio can degree on. ome infrastructure spending. >> i absolutely do. i think we can do it in a bipartisan way. i think we can work together to find the money to make this work from the private sector, the investment sector, and the government. and i'm very optimistic about everything except we're going to have to work very hard about changing government rules and regulations on permitting and how long it takes to get things done or we'll be spending a long time talking about it, not doing it. >> we've already heard from some of the members of the infrastructure advisory group, that's certainly something they're focused on. when you're talking about infrastructure, that means a lot of different things. a lot of different projects to a lot of different people. where do you think the money should be focused? what do you think is job one? >> i think there are two things to focus on. number one, we have to focus on the big projects. the things that are fundamental to the future of the economy. the things that

speaker, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record let frrts the united steel workers, the afl-cio and the international brotherhood of teamsters in opposition to this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlelady from illinois. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mr. boustany: thank you, mr. speaker. this is not -- mrs. bustos: thank you, mr. speaker. this is not how washington is pose -- supposed to work. we're supposed to improve the lives of hardworking people. instead this reckless and dangerous trumpcare bill would undermine the health and economic security of millions of americans. people like emily carlson. she's a small business owner and mother two of from rural illinois. she lives with m.s. a life-long and very expensive pre-existing condition. before health care reform, emily and her husband, kevin, a farmer, often had to sit around the table at night, go over their bills, and decide between sickness or debt from one month to the next. if this bill

the question of how to organize those people. afl's perspective of organizing skilled workers had failed. that was the most important thing that came out of the 1930's and the cio. , in some ways, was an industrial union. alllaimed the right to textile workers, but claimed only skilled workers. so the idea of industrial unions through militancy, in which every worker in a mill or factory or shop had a right to begin that union and had a place in that union, a lot of it was -- i will not say it was originated in isaiah, but i think it was put in strong relief there. as was, for example, the necessity of relief organizations -- i mentioned minneapolis earlier. i think a lot of that can be mbryonic form,e there were several -- similar things in passaic. weisbord is a very interesting figure. he grew up in new york. his father owned a small textile factory in the lower east side. he went to city college at a period in which there was quite a bit of, right after the russian revolution, support for it in the calm years party at that time. shows he was mainly interested in playing chess. then, he goes to harvard law school. exactly why -- i do not know. but while he w