lou: tom donohue pace belie telling republican party how it is going to be.. legislation. and pushing unskilled immigrants to the country rather than highly skilled immigrants to drive our economy. your thoughts? >> well, a lot of people think of chamber of commerce may believe they represent a lot of small binesses, but it is the establish am pition of big business position that chamber is putting forward, for all they want to see about immigration it will help businesses somehow even if that were true that is not what this immigration bill they supported or business round table and other lobbyistroups -uppted wld do. very first thing it does it gives amnesty toillions o folks who are here illegally, i am sor, i sorry it is hard to say how that is good for the american taxpayer, it is not securing our borders. so a lot of us can say, includings at heritage foundation, we do need immigration reform but not with an amnesty bill. that is what chamberants to do, they are willing to take that route, they think it will be good for some of their businesses even thou

lou: tom donohue pace belie telling republican party how it is going to be.he house legislation. and pushing unskilled immigrants into the country rather than highly skilled immigrants to drive our economy. your thoughts? >> well, a lot of people think of chamber of commerce may believe they represent a lot of small businesses, but it is the establish am position of big business position that chamber is putting forward, for all they want to see about immigration it will help businesses somehow even if that were true that is not what this immigration bill they supported or business round table and other lobbyist groups -upported would do. very first thing it does it gives amnesty to millions of folks who are here illegally, i am sor, i sorry it is hard to say how that is good for the tat securing our borders. so a lot of us can say, including us at heritage foundation, we do need immigration reform but not with an amnesty bill. that is what chamber wants to do, they are willing to take that route, they think it will be good for some of their businesses even th

i am so pleased to once again welcome tom donohue from the u.s.chamber and richard trumka from the afl-cio. i always feel when they are together, we have a winning issue. they are joined by the honorable mike hancock, secretary of the kentucky transportation cabinet. ceo ofsident and american roads and transportation builders and the president and ceo of the national association of manufacturers. i want to say to all who are here that there will be devastating impacts felt across our economy if the highway trust fund is allowed to run out of funds later this year. we must not let that happen. here are the sobering facts. dbo and

i am so pleased to once again welcome tom donohue from the u.s. chamber and richard trumka from the afl-cio. i always feel when they are together, we have a winning issue. they are joined by the honorable mike hancock, secretary of the kentucky transportation cabinet. ceo ofsident and american roads and transportation builders and the president and ceo of the national association of manufacturers. i want to say to all who are here that there will be devastating impacts felt across our economy if the highway trust fund is allowed to run out of funds later this year. we must not let that happen. here are the sobering facts. dbo and dot estimate the highway trust fund may run out of funds as early as september 2014, which would create cash flow problem for states during the critical summer construction season. due to the uncertainty leading up to that bleak scenario, states are already beginning to develop contingency plans to prepare for reductions in federal transportation funding, which includes cutting pending projects. this is terrible for busin

i'm so pleased to once again welcome tom donohue from the u.s. chamber and richard trumka from the afl-cio. i always feel when they are together we have a winning issue. they are joined by the honorable mike hancock, secretary of the kentucky transportation cabinet and current president of aashto. president and ceo of the national association of manufacturers. i want to say to all who are here that there will be devastating impacts across our economy of the highway trust fund is allowed to run out of funds later this year. we must not let that happen. here are the sobering facts. cbo and dod estimate that the highway trust fund may run out of funds as early as septembe september 2014, which would create cash flow problems for states during the critical summer construction season. due to the uncertainty leading up to that bleak scenario, states already beginning to develop contingency plans to prepare for reductions in federal transportation funding which includes cutting pending projects from the current funding plans. this is terrible. for busin

leaders representing businesses and states and workers and i am so pleased to once again welcome tom donohue i always feel when they are together that we have a winning issue. the transportation cabinet and doctor pete lorraine, president and ceo of american roads and transportation builders and i want to say to all of you here, there are devastating impacts they estimate at the that the highway trust fund may run out of funds as early as september of 2014. which would create cash flow problems for the summer construction season. and it led to the bleak scenario and states already beginning to develop contingency plans to prepare for production and funding, including this as well. this is terrible for businesses and workers and for our nation. according to the transportation of federal funding is cut and we wouldn't be able to fund any new projects. officials from other states have made similar statements in the effects are very negative to say the least. businesses will be more luck than and that will be felt throughout the entire economy. it must be by an infusion of funds otherwise the cb

we call on tom donohue to begin from the chamber of commerce and ceo. >> thank you very much chairman boxer, ranking member vitter and the distinguished members. we appreciate so many of you are here. as many of you said this morning reauthorization of map-21 promises to be a difficult fight but it doesn't have to be. in fact there is a broad consensus on a number of fundamental principles. we all agreed that are infrastructure system is a critical national asset that it drives growth and job safety mobility trade and enhances global competitiveness. we all agree that we are running out of money just bomb the system. we all agree that the federal government must take a leading role in making sure our infrastructure system contributes to a strong economy. we all agree we need a predictable, stable and growing source of revenue for today, and immediate funding solution for tomorrow and a long-term we need an expanded and new system. when you look at the big picture the simplest and most straightforward and most effective way to generate enough revenue is by increasing federal gasoline a

with tom donohue. he testified recently on capitol hill. the newsmakers and national security and freedom of the press with thomas friedman. night we continue this with a live two-hour program. the managerial skills. it makes mount vernon a successful operation. a mix of possible for washington to be away for eight years. aboutre's something abraham lincoln that she saw the potential and helped develop it. it's help polish them up for washington society, the political parties they had where they invited a lots of very important will. she will did a lot of power. >> the involvements in the political career is right from the beginning. she becomes much more active in 1921 when they contracted polio. >> monday night at 9:00 eastern by von c-span. conversation about the first lady's and their contribution to the nation, live at 8:00. the washington examiner had an article today about comments made by former senator jim demint on cbs'face the nation. he was quoted as saying conservatives do not feel like they are represented in washington. he is

more than 6 humbings businesses urging congress to pass immigration reforethe chamber president, tom donohue, posted a blog post eemphasizing the need to have a modernized e-verify system, provisions included in h.r. 15. last week, a "wall street journal" op-ed criticized the republicans' failure to act on commonsense reform, citing a recent study from the american farm bureau about the cost of failing to kt a "the wall street journal" wrote, quote, republicans have killed immigration reform for now but the farm bureau study shows it's still needed. the irony is many republicans who support handouts to farmers oppose reform form -- reform this is a couldn't cost taxpayers a dime, end quote. instead of reducing the deficit, securing our borders and gives farms the workers they need, republicans say, let's bury the government in red tape, increasing the paperwork for agencies by six time -- six times and give government handouts to farmers. that's republican policies we're seing in this congress and that's why the american in le hold this institution great disapproval. the longer we delay in p

tom donohue, i think put it best in a speech that he gave about the global marketplace last year. he said -- quote -- "you played your strengths, you leverage your advantages and then you find ways to improve them, and one of the greatest strengths in america is agriculture." end quote. mr. donohue said those remarks as an advantage of what innovation is driving in american agriculture and he's absolutely right because not only do we know how to grow things, we also know how to innovate and there is a lot of innovation going on in the ag economy. in fact, there are some people in the pacific northwest that say now there's as much investment going into new innovation in agriculture as there were recently in high-tech or even green energy. so people get it, it's a great investment. i've seen in washington state cutting-edge research done at our labs in prosser, a new wheat rotation crop to savvy entrepreneurs making connections like getting cherries into the north korean market. this is a tkpwroebg opportunity for -- growing opportunity. american farmers and businesses are seeing de

your president, tom donohue, has been a very vocal leader on this issue.prodding congress to be courageous. now, at d.o.t., we happen to believe we can pay for infrastructure a different way, but i would much rather see a national debate about how we get there than whether. that's why i'm glad tom is standing up. and we absolutely agree that congress is going to have to show a little political courage to fix this problem. their courage increases when their core constituencies like the folks in this room tell them it's okay to figure this out. it's actually the fiscally responsible thing to do. we need you to speak up. all of you can play a role in putting our transportation system on a more certain and sustainable curious. and we do it by let congress know that a one or two-year band-aid won't cut it this time. tell them what's at stake for you. tell them what's at stake for your employees and the products you sell. tell congress to get to yes. i know they care about your priorities. i know they care about your companies. i know they care about the jobs yo