my first question on this is whatever happened to davis bacon i thought that this was already the law of the land that if the federal government puts out a contract that the prevailing wage has to be the minimum wage is anybody know about this. is that for contractors with just well i thought it was i thought that were you know and i'm going back a long way here twenty thirty years i don't jimmy carter was the last guy who was really beating people up for jim for violating davis' bacon but davis bacon says that if the federal money is is being used in a project that the local contractors have to pay the quote prevailing wage which was always considered to be the union way. that potentially could be the case i know it's like i could apply to new contractors that are hired as the ten ten ten ten yeah it could job with some reports that i've read recently that well since this was announced they are saying that for the most part federal contract workers are already paid. now we're you know the minimum that people are saying this would be like twenty thousand one hundred or versus twenty t

but davis bacon says that if federal money is is being used in a project that the local contractors have to pay the quote prevailing wage which was always considered to be the union way. that potentially could be the case i know it's like going to apply to new contractors that are a higher. yes the ten ten ten ten yeah it could jobless some reports that i've read recently that well since this was announced they are saying that for the most part the federal contract workers are already paid at least into now we're you know the minimum that people are saying this would be like twenty thousand one hundred or versus twenty to one which was with the we just had about a realtors on strike here in d.c. the people working in the smithsonian gift shops and things and they're making like nine bucks an hour and fifteen and it was under ten it was under ten and i remember what you know this is like four weeks ago we had one i'm on the show i think this is somewhat symbolic i think this is the one of the i don't really know that that federal conscious of the right federal contract workers i agre

defense department and we ought to be able to agree to get that out and then it was said we have the davis bacon issue. you had three categories if i can paraphrase you of spending. i think you had silly projects those absolutely horrendous things we can all agree are -- have no place on the taxpayer's dimement you have those projects for which the benefit does not outweigh the kscost. then you have those projects that just perhaps the federal government shouldn't be doing any way. i listened to mr. lynch who is talking about the prescription drugs and he is right when the federal government is picking up two-thirds of the healthcare bills in america you use that monopoly power you can drive down the cost of prescription drugs. though using the government's map powers to manipulate the marketplace i would argue isn't the role of government. it would fall into that third category of things the government shouldn't be working on. mr. cummings was talking about the legal services cooperation and i really appreciated your answer because what you said was not folks who can't afford legal services sho

we have this davis-bacon issue. mr. edwards, you kind of frame what we're talking about. you have three categories of spending. he had what you called silly projects, just as absolutely horrendous things that we can all agree have no place on the taxpayers time or perhaps on anyone's. you have those projects for which the benefit does not outweigh the cost and then you have projects that the federal army should not be doing anyway. listen to mr. lynch stuck with the prescription drugs and he is absolutely right with the federal government is picking of two-thirds of all health care bills american effuse the monopoly power you can absolutely job on the cost the persian drugs. they're using the government monopoly power to manipulate the market place, would argue it is not the role of government is. mr. cummings is talking about the legal services corporation and see a gw identifying. i appreciate your answer because what you said was not folks who can't afford legal services should not give legal services. what you said is, there are other opportunities to get his legal se

you look at the waste, fraud and abuse in davis bacon, $100 billion right there.t says for every $1 you spend in unemployment you get $1.80 back. i don't know what kind of economic math that actually comes to. that means every one of us should go on unemployment and actually have a stimulated economy. that's absolutely ridiculous. >> gentlemen thank you for talking to us this morning for that debate. i appreciate it. >> thank you, tucker. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> he's the only man to make it out alive from afghanistan on a s.e.a.l. mission that went wrong. his incredible story on the big story the real life lone survivor. >>> can't graduate no problem. lawmakers want to lower the bar. what do you think of that? details ahead. ♪ ho ho ho [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant . >>> look! >> it's your shout of the morning, a baby girl is introduced to her uncle for the if, time. here is the catch, her uncle is her father'

davis had a concussion and michael crabtree wasn't there. those three players should make the difference. >> he took both sides .z sides. we'll see you later. ,,,,,, is this the bacon? this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] so indulgent, you'll never believe they're light. 100-calorie progresso light soups. [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant >>> the name frozen tundra seems redundant but on sunday in green bay, it certainly was appropriate. fans there are a different breed, especially those not wearing shirts. but the 49ers' new species of quarterback had the packers defense spinning yet again. >> this is as much as

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