seft hunter, thanks for being with us.d documents stories play with the american people. an investigation for the new york times says -- >> lobbying effort to keep their -- $15 a year for mandatory food handling course annexed by a company called serve safe. so safe is owned by the national restaurant association. to some of the money from that chorus to lobby against raising the minimum wage. so far, the national -- 3.6 million workers. that's according to the report. the statement to the new york times, the president of the association said, quote, the associations advocacy work keeps restaurants opening and keeps workers employed, and finds pathways for work or opportunity that keeps communities healthy. -- president of one fairway ridge -- joins us now. david, walk us through your reporting and what happened, and how is the national restaurant association been able to do this? >> well, we found this was something that has been going on for at least a decade, and many people in the restaurant industry just didn't know i