what's preventing my republican colleagues from giving american workers a livable wage? a fair shot, knowing that 75% of the american people support increasing the minimum wage? if americans are searching for an answer, why they would refuse to raise the minimum wage. they should look no further than the republicans' billionaire benefactors -- i repeat, billionaire be benefactors, the koch brothers. yesterday the americans for prosperity -- only one of the koch-funded organizations -- instructed republicans in done vote against the minimum-wage increase. they said, we're going to score this vote. what does that mean? it means if you vote "yes," you're not going to get the help of charlie and dave. they want a "no" vote. that will make charlie and dave happy. just in case any of their followers in the senate were to experience a change of heart and be inclined to vote for an increase, the organizations vote that they will really go after these people. again, i repeat, "score the vote." in other words, when it comes time for the koch brothers to play the role of santa claus

completely omitted was the american worker. that's who's not being discussed in this debate. we know how the chamber of commerce is viewed. they would like more workers creating slack labor marks markets and lower wages. we know special interest groups want more, certain politicians think this is going to be good. but acoarnl the congressional budget office, our own professional team that is selected in a nonpartisan way that give us advice on ramifications of legislation we pass, that group has looked at the reid-schumer bill that passed the senate. according to c.b.o., senate democratic immigration bill, supported by a number -- a small number of republicans but overwhelmingly the democratic bill, it would reduce increases in unemployment while reducing wages. it would increase unemployment, basically, while reducing wages of american workers for the next 12 years and reducing per-person wealth, per-person per capita income in america for 17 years. now,, you'll you -- you bring in 30 million people in the next ten years as this bill would do, tripling the number that would b

past five years american workers have repaired or replaced more than 20,000 bridges, improved more thanoads. miles of american four years ago when we were just starting to clear away the damage from the financial unemployment rate for construction workers stood at 20%. in fact, it was over 20%. we've cut it by more than half. but we can do better. we can build better, and we have to. we've got ports that aren't generation ofnext cargo ships. we got more than 100,000 bridges qualify old enough to for medicare. we got leaky pipes that lose of drinkinggallons water every single day, even as we've got a severe drought in much of the west. nearly half our people don't all.access to transit at and i don't have to tell you what some of our airports look like. a world class transportation system is one of the reasons america became an economic superpower in the first place. 50 years as past the share of our economy, our investment in transportation has by 50%. think about that. our investment in transportation been cut by half. you know what other countries doing? european countries now invest

low skilled workers, doubling the number of workers that would come to the country, not just to work on farms, but take all kinds of jobs. african americans, hispanic are hurting. wages are falling. and i will inbelieve in a free . if we don't have a surplus of workers, can why are wages falling. if we have a shortage of workers, why are wages going up. >> as we wrap up here, senator, this divide in the gop particularly over immigration, but other issues, as well, is this a point at which -- has this reached a point at which the republican party is jeopardizing what looks to be a november victory for the party? >> lou, i truly believe that we need to make crystal clear that we represent the average american worker and their interests. and we're going to fight for them. it's not about big business. they're doing fine. it's not about entrepreneurs. they take their risk and some make it and some don't. it's about the millions of people every day that try to do the right thing that are not doing well. and our principle will work for them. we need to articulate that and address urss as their protector and their defender. and if we do it effect

free trade agreements hurt american workers. that's not hard to consume. who does it help?ell, it helps big corporations. apparently, they're not making enough money. now, you know that's true because this guy is pushing for it. >> expanded trade means more opportunities for americans, more exports. so the question is, is the president going to stand up and lead on this issue? we cannot pass this bill without his help. and this is one of those own priorities, you would think he would have the senate majority leader working with him to pass trade promotion authority in order to expand opportunities for our fellow citizens. >> hold on a second here, folks. i've got to clean out my ear here. i don't know if i heard that right. boehner said that it would create more opportunities for american workers? he's lying again. for someone who's always out there asking where are the jobs, boehner sure knows how to kill jobs. if john boehner wants something it's safe to assume it's bad for working americans. when you hear politicians say that the tpp wil create jobs, they're lying. it wi

i'm not for any infrastructure project anywhere to fix any bridge unless it's done with american workers and american steel. let me tell you in the first two months of 2014, the united states imported over 6 million net tons of steel. gosh, that's a lot of shipping, isn't it? that maersk a 24% increase over the first two months of 2013. korea and china are basically cheating u.s. steel producers. workers, producers, plants. china is producing loads of cheap steel that's unfinished. china then sells the steel to south korea. korea, in turn, produces steel tubes that is in the oil and gas industry now. south korea then turns around and dumps these products on the united states' market. see ya, job workers! overall, 78% of import growth over the past decade has come from south korea and china. this is causing major losses for middle-class families in the steel industry in this country. and we basically sit by idle and want to do another deal. in 2012, the united states steel industry had net losses of $388 million. what's shouldering that? american workers. in 2013, losses rose 1.2 billion.

next, a generation ago, american workers and businesses competed against a smaller different china. today the, bolstered by tenaris advantages provided to state-owned and run enterprises, areese government firms able to take entire segments of the american economy out at the knees. they can do so because they sit on seemingly bottomless wells of with hide paper trails opaque accounting, and dodge the risks and bar when costs that american companies face. a third transformational change was the and and of unfair policies like indigenous interventions that target our american innovators. and china0's india have limited technical capacity. now they can use technical standards to advantage their domestic firms and extract american companies' intellectual property for their own use. plain andakedown, simple. decade over the previous currency numeration is a major concern. china has made commitments to follow rules when it joined the wto in 2000. when it comes to currency, china is keeping a finger firmly planted on the scale and undermining those commit its. manufactured in china and impo

workers. not just work on farms but take all kinds of jobs at the time when african-americans and his manics are working -- hispanics are hurting, wages are falling. i believe in a free market, if we don't have a surplus of workers, why are wages falling? if we have a shortage of workers, why are wages not going up. lou: this divide in the tko*p in g.o.p. in particular overism break, is this a . why, reached a points, in which the republican party is jeopardizing what looks to be a november of victory for party? >> lou, i truly believe that we need to make crista crystal clee represent the average american worker, and their interest, we're going to fight for them. it is not about big business, they are doing fine. it is not about entrepreneurs they take their risk, and they some make it some don't it is about the millions of people every day, that try to do the right thing, and that are not doing well. and our principles will work for them, we need to articulate that and dress yourselves as their protect or anprotector andd deff republicans use a classical pro business rhetoric it will not be so

not referenced as senator schumer and leader reid talked this morning completely omitted the american workerhat is who was not being discussed in this debate. we know the chamber of commerce they like more workers creating the black labor market and lower rates. we no special interest groups want more. and politicians but according to the cbo our professional team is selected in a non-partisan way. that group has looked at the reid and schumer bill that has passed the senate. senate democratic immigration bill a small number of republicans overwhelmingly with the democratic bill would reduce the increase of unemployment would increase unemployment by reducing wages of american workers for the per person wealth per capita income in america for 17 years. you bring in 30 million over the next day nears tear tripled the number that is normally given legal status it will bring down wealth and wages. says surely they'd understand that today not? also worried about the steel industry what is the impact the lower price for steel floor price for cotton more labor lower wages. that is what cbo told us

if it fails, it will result in billions of dollars of missed economic opportunity for american workers and for american job creators. of course, the president's term is not over yet, and the jury is still very much out. even so, i am concerned. first and foremost, the fact that tpa is not renewed creates a serious and perhaps fatal flaw in the president's trade agenda. i do not believe you can conclude high standard agreements that will meet congress' approval without t, a, and i'm -- tpa, and i'm not the only one who holds this view. indeed, in recent months agriculture secretary tom vilsack and jason fuhrman, chairman of the council of economic advisers, have been quoted as saying tpa is a necessary component to conclude and implement our ongoing trade negotiations. ambassador froman, i have no doubt in your capabilities or those of your staff. in fact, i have every reason to believe in those capabilities. but history tells us very clearly that without tpa your trade agenda will almost certainly fail. that is why i'm very disappointed in the president's passive approach on this parti

if it fails it will result in billions of dollars of missed economic opportunities for american workers jury is still very up out. even so, i am concerned. it creates a serious and fatal flaw in the president's trade agenda. i do not believe you can conclude high standard agreements that will meet congress's approval without t.p.a. i'm not the only one who holds this view. the administration officials like agriculture secretary tom vilsack and jason froman has been quoted saying t.p.a. is a necessary component history tells us clearly without t.p.a. your trade agenda will almost certainly fail. that is why i'm very disappointed in the president's passive approach on this particular issue. i'm sure you can remember the enormous political effort president clinton put into successful implementation of the northern american free trade agreement. in those cases, war rooms were established and each cabinet secretary made congressional approval of those initiatives a public priority. we are not seeing that level commitment from president obama which is disappointing to me and a lot of others a

if china continues to manipulate its currency, cheating american workers and businesses, refuses to abide by w.t.o. rules, is now accused of trading -- stealing trade secrets from american companies and unions, why in the world, why in the world, mr. president, would this senate even consider and why would the president consider entering into a bilateral investment treaty can with china? have we not learned? 1999, the year 2000, we passed permanent normal trade relations with china. many of these issues were aired then. china said they would follow the rule of law. china said they would do it right. china hasn't followed the rule of law. china hasn't done it right. china hasn't played fair. we're considering entering into a bilateral investment treaty with china. mr. president, i don't think so. i yield the floor. ms. klobuchar: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of calendar number 88, s. 394, the metal theft prevention act, that the bill be read a third time a

raising the minimum wage makes american workers less dependent on these programs to support their families. so there are compelling reasons, madam president, to raise the minimum wage. there is a compelling reason why all the surveys show that the american people, no matter what party they're in, think we ought to raise the minimum wage, yet in a few hours, if nothing changes, a minority of senators will most likely not even come to the floor to vote on this but will use their powers in the senate to block a vote, to block an honest up-or-down vote about whether we ought to raise the minimum wage in this country. they don't even want us to have a proper debate on this bill, much less pass it. what is so radical about what we're trying to do that they won't even let us have an up-or-down vote? is this somehow unprecedented? is what we're talking about unknown in the annals of the united states senate? actually, madam president, it isn't. since the minimum wage was enacted by the congress in the 1930's, we have managed to raise the minimum wage, madam president, on ten different occasions in

he could care less if hard-working americans live below the poverty line. a minimum wage worker makes roughly 15,000 a year. if there were a wage increase, it's not going to affect the lifestyle of the rich and famous. the poverty line, for a single person, is $11,000 a year. it is morally wrong thing to think that someone who works full time to live below the poverty line is okay in the land of the free. it's not just coburn who is against the minimum wage. republicans are very clear on where they stand on this issue, texas governor rick perry, who has a terrible labor record in texas, said the government shouldn't worry about the minimum wage. >> i don't think it's government's business to be setting the minimum wage out there, even the cbo said, if you want to get rid of a 500,000 jobs between now and 2016, raise the minimum wage. here's the issue, pat, i think you've got believe this, at a time when jobs are at a premium in this country, the last thing you want to be doing is putting policies into place that would kill jobs. >> florida senator rubio is clear where he stands.

and force american workers to settle for whatever the hell terms they can get on the job market ten workers would gladly line up for every one available job workers will they be afraid to organize labor pushed back it would be a thing of the past the american worker would take on the qualities of an abused spouse willing to be beaten black and blue just to hold on to their pathetic no count partner employer but what can we do about it well for two decades our government's been rewarding anti worker american corporations by given him government contracts and huge tax breaks when they send american jobs to places like india and china the numbers are in we clearly see that the dismal effect that this has on the relationship between america's top management in the workers is as abysmal it creates that abused spouse spouse syndrome for the american worker they're afraid to leave and you know what they're also afraid to fight back because they don't believe they can win lately every time this administration has met with america's c.e.o.'s and chamber types we've seen one of these coom by ya momen

i haven't. >> more than half of american workers do not have a workplace retirement plan. ddle income workers who are offered a plan at work are much more likely to start putting money away than those without company plans. >> people making between thirty and fifty,$000, when they are covered by a plan at work over sent % of them participate, savings plans like 401(k)s but when they don't have access to a plan at work, then less than 5% of them save on their own. >> conquer says having money automatically deducted from her paycheck was key. >> i did not get to factor that dollar amount in to my monthly budget. >> the retirement situation is especially dire for blacks and hispanics. a recent report found those families have about 30 dollars socked away compared to 120,000 for whites near retirement age. >> let's do more to help americans save for retirement. >>pom pom highlighted the issue and through executive order created a new type of retirement fund called a myra. >> businesses can voluntarily offer the program at little or no cost to the company. many deducted from pay

that's an economic issue as well for american workers. >> and when they say, look, i just can't do this. i can't take another hard vote. don't make me take this vote. do they fear the punishment of an electorate that if you believe matt already supports immigration reform. >> well, ray, you have a situation in the house. remember a bill has passed the senate. you have a situation in the house where it's really the minority of the members who are holding this up. we'll get immigration reform out of the house once the leadership speaker john boehner , eric cantor and majority whip mccarthy decide to stop cow to kowtowing to the fringe groups in the house. the votes are there. the american people want it. we need leadership from the american leaders in frong. >> matt, both parties say they want to do it. have you asked any questions, or have other opinion researchers been asking constituents, who they blame, who they hold responsible for lack of progress on this issue? >> yes, we've been asking that question quite consistently. there's no question when it comes to a legislative solution la

onlysel% of american workers are feeling it that is how many a new bank mon for survey shows are feelingore secure in their jobs. that works out to fewer than one in five workers and that is down from one in four workers feeling that way just last month. what is worse, the economy that supposedly looking better, it's apparently not. today manny and scott or what has folks fig jetty. >> if you look around -- we trump these numbers that have come out recently that says we recovered all these jobs since the great recession. right? several million. guess what. if you look behind the numbers and look at the actual jobs created most of them have been part-time, the low-paying jobs this economy does not need to grow. and so those areas of the job market that are growing are not helping people because we're not having higher wages. look at wage growth alone over the last couple of years it's negative when adjusted for inflation so nobody is making anymore money either. >> daves, this is the we're feature seeing signs that raises won't be as faltering from around two and a half percent, maybe thr

we believe american workers can make good products with anybody in the world.but not free trade -- you will did not correctly. there trade. -- fair trade. we believe in fair trade. we stand against nafta and nafta on steroids, tpp. we also believe that wall street has two do better by america. we have a financial transaction tax on stocks, bonds, and derivatives. our transaction tax, which we call the robin hood tax, would build us $350 billion a year and -- [applause] in addition to that, in addition to that what it would do is stop this high-speed trading which is wreaking havoc on our economy and extremely dangerous. some of you out this red the -- read the book by michael lewis. obviously we raise the minimum wage, but we also do something even more important. we strengthen labor rights. [applause] look, if america is a body politic, the backbone of that body is organized labor. it organized labor is weakened, the whole body is weakened. we have to pass the employer free choice act. something that is not in our budget but we better start thinking about, we

you want an american worker to compete against somebody that's literally enslaved? the thing about the trade agreements we're in a national dialogue about inquality. we've been talking about i had and it's on the front page. people are talking about it. you can't talk about doing something on income and equality and come and promote this transpacific partnership deal. these two things are completely opposite. and one negates the other. >> and, of course, we know that income and equality is like climate change. there's a bunch of deniers out there. democrats know that the tpp is a highway to send american jobs overseas. no trade agreement has ever created american jobs. not one. now, we spoke about the most recent example earlier this week, the korean free trade agreement. the numbers are clear. in 2011, the government promised that this deal would support 70,000 u.s. jobs. we ended up losing 40,000 manufacturing jobs. 4,000 of those jobs were in the steel industry. and if the tpp passes, the job losses would be even worse than what they have been. instead of one cou

rather than putting american workers in the cross hairs. write for this story, time for the president to check in. thanks so much for watching. i'll see you back here in two weeks. have a great weekend. >>> our investigations continue into the cause of these fires, and they will continue until hopefully we're satisfied with the results. >> we have worked very hard, senator isakson, to root out the inappropriate uses of the scheduling system. it's inexcusable. >> so today by some measures our schools are as segregated as they were back when dr. king gave his final speech.

american workers deserve this. american companies deserve this. we should stand strong. this amendment would make sure that the resources are available to do just that. i yield back. the chair: the time of the gentleman has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. wolf: strike the requisite number of words. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. wolf: i rise in opposition to the amendment. the amendment would take away from nasa's commercial crew program. this is a program that we are aying the russians, putin, who invaded the crimea, we are paying putin. this takes away from that, allowing nasa fund fewer development testing ache tifts. it would increase the likeliness that we will have to extend our reliance on russia for access to the space station. the russians have even said we are going to have to use a trampoline to get to the space station. they are going to stop cooperating after 2020. i can say more. i don't think we want to take money from that program. because of that i urge a no vote. i yield back

my bill would help more american workers gained gills and education necessary to compete for in demand jobs. americans are still waiting for president obama and the senate democrats to act. >> i'm lee terry from nebraska. house passed, the my bill. it would support more than 32,000 jobs. americans are still waiting for the president and the senate democrats to act. it is time to build the key sign -- keystone pipeline. >> i'm from alabama. well months ago, the house passed my bill. it would allow private sector workers to take advantage of benefits that public employees enjoy it. americans are still waiting for president obama to act. >> i'm from the data. the house passed my bill. it facilitates the development of strategic and critical minerals to support american manufacturing jobs. americans are still waiting for president obama and the democrats to act. >> i'm from texas. several months ago, the house passed a bill that would provide our service members with the tools that will help them find good jobs when they return home. americans are still waiting for president obama and the

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if it fails, it will result in billions of dollars of missed economic opportunity for american workers and for american job create hors. of course, the president's term is not over yet, and the jury is still very much out. even so i am concerned. first and foremost, the fact that t.p.a. is not renewed creates a serious and perhaps fatal flaw in the president's trade agenda. i do not believe you can conclude high standard agreements that will meet congress' approval without t.p.a. i'm not the only one who holds this view. indeed in recent months administration officials like agriculture secretary tom vilsack and the chairman of the council of economic advisors said that t.p.a. is a necessary component to conclude and implement our ongoing trade negotiations. ambassador froman, i have no doubt in your capabilities or those of your staff. in fact, i believe in those capabilities. but history tells us very clearly that without tarp your trade agenda will -- t.p.a. your trade agenda will almost certainly fail. that's why i'm so disappointed in the president's passive approach on this partic

so, is this the real turnaround for american workers? here's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: that promising new jobs number, also another number to keep an eye on. 32,000, that's how many new construction jobs were added. many of them, home builders. how does it feel to be a new hire? >> unbelievable. >> reporter: he had seen business picking up all over new jersey. >> i'm optimistic. >> reporter: feeling good. >> back to work, not two days here and two days here. >> reporter: it's also a welcome sign for would-be home buyers dealing with this. >> it's so competitive. >> reporter: bidding wars, soaring prices. barbara corcoran explains why. >> so much demand, not enough inventory. the builders can't catch up. just not enough houses to go around. >> reporter: new construction jobs mean about 10,000 new homes will go up this year. randy donna believes even more could be coming. >> last year, four projects under construction at this time of the year. right now, 11 projects coming. much better than last year. >> reporter: warren buffett telling

. >>> outa >>> our "instant index" tonight starts with a tough disparity for american workers. we learned that the median pay for an american ceo has sky-rocketed more than $10 million which is a new record. driven by the rise in stock. 257 times what the average employee earns. >>> president george w. bush has joined a new club. the ranks of the 719,000 americans who have knee replacement surgery every year. the avid mountain biker had a partial knee replacement over the weekend and said to attack a flight of stairs just hours after the procedure. he's home and recovering quickly. >>> the moment on the baseball field that separated men from the moms. watch this at the game last night. the batter swings. his bat cracked and flies into the stands. the man on the left ducks and the mom on the right reaches up and grabs the bat. watch again. bare arms. one arm. no sweat. look behind her. a toddler saved by her raw talent. she says she's glad everyone was impressed by her reflexes but she's just happy the child didn't get hurt. >>> up next, some puppies with the secret talent. watch

. >>> a new report provides us with a stark reminder of the pay disparity between american workers and their bosses. it says the median pay for an american ceo is now $10 million. that's a new record, thanks to rising stock prices. that's also by the way, 257-times more than an average employee earns. >>> meanwhile, starbucks is opening one of its la boulange eateries in los angeles, that will offer burgers and other dinner items. it will also serve beer, wine, cocktails and you'll be able to stay there until 10:00 p.m. before committing to other services, starbucks wants to see how the l.a. experiment goes first. >>> google is rolling out its new driverless car, aimed at reinventing transportation. the electric-powered two-seater seen here has a stop button for emergencies. but get this. no steering wheel, no brake and no gas pedal. it runs by a smartphone app. and can only go up to 25 miles per hour. google plans to build as many as 200 of the prototypes. testing begins at the end of the year. >> we are slowly becoming "the jetsons." >> we are, indeed. >>> when we come back, a save a

soon outstrip is that of the united states, the average worker makes much less than the average american workerwho makes 12 times the number they make. >> china has been coming on quite strong for sometime, the world businesses are aware of that. i don't think even if we pass the particular benchmark that is a tipping point. that can't mean the u.s. will maintain its full strength. >> and investors should remember that economic growth doesn't always translate into stock market returns. >> even though they're growing 7% or more and even though the economy is set to become the largest in tehe world, the stoc market has gone down. >> while the stock market may struggle, there is no question that china may be a growing force in the years to come. for "nightly business report," i'm scott cohn. >>> here now to talk is barry bosworth, a former economic adviser in the carter and johnson administrations, and currently with the brookings institute. let me ask you about this survey, do you believe this one measure that they're looking at is legitimate, in your view, that china will overtake the u.s. by th

she's talking about investing in american workers. the other thing that used to be bipartisan was investing in infrastructure. i want to show you something happening in your state. roll this tape. this is the kind of stuff that's happening across the country. look at this. this is a street falling into a river and people screaming and watching that go down. why? because across the country, we're not investing enough in american infrastructure and republicans won't work with democrats to do that. why aren't you guys reaching across to support the president with infrastructure investment? >> let's remember -- >> that's real job creation. >> let's remember who controls that jurisdiction. run by democrats for decades with complaints about that street for five years in the administration. >> and the highway trust fund which would stop this from happening in wrr state and across the country is about to run out of money in september. why won't republicans help americans get good jobs stopping this kind of stuff? >> we need -- you know, the s

workers and lower wages by more than a trillion dollars. and who suffers the most from all those provisions? average hardworking americans. the small business owner can no longer afford to hire new employees. the middle-class family suddenly faced with a $10,000 deductible. the low-income worker whose hours are suddenly slashed from 35 to 25 hours a week. the out-of-work american who can't find a job because businesses are too reluctant to hire. mr. president, you would think that the supposed party of average hardworking americans might sit back and rethink things a little bit after seeing the devastating economic impact of obamacare, but the democrats and the president are pushing ahead with more job-killing policies. recently, the democrats and president have been pushing for a massive 40% minimum wage hike, a measure the congressional budget office says could eliminate up to one million jobs. even the president's own federal reserve chair recently testified to congress that a minimum wage hike would negatively affect jobs. once again, the people most likely to lose their jobs as a result of this policy are those least

citizens and mexican workers, and that cesar did not want that. he only wanted u.s., american farm workers to be represented. >> and that was a big philosophical difference between the two groups too, yeah. last question. >> excuse me. excuse me. my question has to do with unions. taft-hartley act in the late '40s really was a very poor act because it, when you strike, an alternative is for managers to come in to do the job. and i'm wondering whether that was evident after striking and, therefore, they strategized to do the boycott, or was it more -- >> that's absolutely right. the farm workers were excluded from the national labor relations board, and because they were excluded from the act, they were able to do secondary boycotts. so it's something that was perceived by the growers as being an advantage turned out to be to the farm workers' benefit for the boycott. >> but why were -- >> that's a complicated story. yeah. >> as a nurse, i'm interested in pesticides and declining health, and these farm workers, the close proximity they were to the crops that use -- can i consid

come in the same study that is quoted in "the new york times" saying that by 2020, about 90% of american workers who now receive health insurance through their employers will start getting it through the exchanges. we are shifting it from their responsibility to the government's responsibility. >> and it's not really their responsibility. all of the health care that you purchase there is done in a private market and it's not as though that is a public auction or government provided health care. but it's worth bearing in mind that there's one good day if we shift away from employer-sponsored care for the majority of people. which is as you switch jobs right now, if you want to start your own country or be the next steve jobs or something like that, once you're out of this, you can't bring your health insurance with you. if the exchanges are working well, you would be able to get health insurance and so there is an advantage. >> and by the way there is a peanut gallery in the background. and i want to bring them in. >> with all due respect, you know,hat's it called? the affordable healthcare acyou

economic espionage hurts not just american companies, but american workers. could lose their jobs if american companies lose business because of unfair chinese competition. and john no one expects these five officials to end up in court to truly face charges, but the justice department clearly felt that diplomacy had not worked and it needed to take a stro stronger stand. >> lisa, thank you. >>> the chinese have been suspected of industrial espionage for decades. jonathan betz is here with that story. >> reporter: some estimate it costs the u.s. up to $120 billion a year. china is considered the one who spies the most on america, followed by russia, and even some u.s. allies like israel and france. some argue back in 1986, it launched project 863. it was a big push to catch up with the west. more phones and computers got connected to the internet made this possible. operations like night dragon, ghost net, and shady rat hacked activists and companies, including all these big companies, all reportedly targeted by chinese hackers. but china says it too has been

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in fact, one could argue that the needs are more pressing, that american workers have fallen further behind, that the same logic that compelled president bush to sign this bill and a bipartisan congress to send it to him, that logic is even more compelling today. our constituents sent us here to work together to grow the economy and create jobs. it's disappointing when this bill can provide millions of hardworking americans a raise, a raise they deserve through their own efforts, has been filibustered. i hope that my colleagues on the other side will find way to work with us on this issue and come together to strengthen our economic recovery. i was particularly gratified working with my colleagues on unemployment insurance that we go pass a sensible and fiscallyes responsible legislation. unfortunately now it is in the house is is not moving there. but we have to do more of that; focus on what will actually help americans individually and collectively move and grow our commitment of we've worked together on unemployment insurance and other issues, on immigration reform. we can work t