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mcgarvey: he passed permitting reform. and then when his unprecedented shifts in science investment, president biden is bringing home the semi conductor industry, jumpstarting thousands of trades careers and funding transformative projects across america. and thanks to joe, the white house has reinforced the congressional intent of the davis-bacon law for which we fought for so hard and so long. [applause] mr. mcgarvey: he delivered all of these massive wins for america while keeping our nation safe and economy secure through a global pandemic. speaking of a massive win, for the first time in history we have labor standards on federal tax credits that fund clean energy projects in the tax code. his inflation reduction act -- go ahead, that is a really big one for us. [applause] mr. mcgarvey: his inflation reduction act delivered an investment that will address climate change, create jobs, and ensure that hundreds of billions of dollars of work in the energy sector will be built with strong labor provisions. in fact, since
mcgarvey: he passed permitting reform. and then when his unprecedented shifts in science investment, president biden is bringing home the semi conductor industry, jumpstarting thousands of trades careers and funding transformative projects across america. and thanks to joe, the white house has reinforced the congressional intent of the davis-bacon law for which we fought for so hard and so long. [applause] mr. mcgarvey: he delivered all of these massive wins for america while keeping our nation...
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and i see you leading the way, president mcgarvey. it is been so exciting to see trade women build nations, bigger each year. i think was like 4000 this last year,gh right? [applause] i also want to commend nabtu and each union on this stage for your new respect certification program to create better working environment for men and women in every craft. i'm eager to hear more as we implement that program. i'm also thinking of president jimmy williams who h has brought more women andht people of color into the union. [applause] and the sheet metal, air, rail and transportation worker who setpo a goal to double the numbr of women in smart -- during the 2019 convention. [applause] in places like atlanta, if you hear aussie a couple of days, too, where state and local labor leaders are working together to make sure good union jobs are available to every single community. the ability toth join the union, the availability of registered friendship, the axis a life-changing job, these should not depend on the zip code in which you were born w
and i see you leading the way, president mcgarvey. it is been so exciting to see trade women build nations, bigger each year. i think was like 4000 this last year,gh right? [applause] i also want to commend nabtu and each union on this stage for your new respect certification program to create better working environment for men and women in every craft. i'm eager to hear more as we implement that program. i'm also thinking of president jimmy williams who h has brought more women andht people of...
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mcgarvey to bring this bipartisan bill to the floor today. in an effort to ensure small firms can play on the level playing field, government has awards 23% of prime contracting dollars to small businesses. these goals have helped millions of spall businesses compete and helped the government leverage their innovation. agencies meet or even exceed their individual goals, but some do not and they are not penalized for this failure. this would apply additional pressure to federal agencies to meet their small business goal by requiring them to testify before us when they fail. it is a productive staff that will add congressional oversight to max mids contracting opportunities for small government contractors. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. williams: i would like to yield as much time to mr. stauber from the state of minnesota. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. stauber: i rise to speak in favor of the agency accountability act. i would
mcgarvey to bring this bipartisan bill to the floor today. in an effort to ensure small firms can play on the level playing field, government has awards 23% of prime contracting dollars to small businesses. these goals have helped millions of spall businesses compete and helped the government leverage their innovation. agencies meet or even exceed their individual goals, but some do not and they are not penalized for this failure. this would apply additional pressure to federal agencies to meet...
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mcgarvey, by inspect passing legislation. for those who doubt to do so, i will point to fairly recent history. there were many, many who doubted the ability of the united states congress and the president to enact laws, commonsense laws that ultimately would and could save lives. they were wrong. because of president biden's leadership, we passed a bill in the last congress, the 118th -- 117th congress. the bipartisan safer communities act. that law is saving lives today. earlier today, the white house, thanks to the leadership of president biden and vice president harris, the leadership of our attorney general, attorney general garland announced yet another reform, new rule pursuant to the bipartisan safer communities act that will finally close the gun show loophole. an important step forward, mr. speaker, and one that i applaud and i hope i sincerely hope that it can be a building block for us to take on. now i have to confess, i looked at the notice in the rules committee, committee on which i serve, with quite dismay jus
mcgarvey, by inspect passing legislation. for those who doubt to do so, i will point to fairly recent history. there were many, many who doubted the ability of the united states congress and the president to enact laws, commonsense laws that ultimately would and could save lives. they were wrong. because of president biden's leadership, we passed a bill in the last congress, the 118th -- 117th congress. the bipartisan safer communities act. that law is saving lives today. earlier today, the...
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you heard from president mcgarvey talking about pension relief, too. that is truly something that was life-changing for thousands and thousands of union workers in this country, and it was also the chips and science built on the i.r.a. that are creating jobs currently right now. good middle-class jobs for working people. >> i want to go back to the pensions bill for a moment, because we saw president biden in florida the other day and spontaneously he was walking by someone. the guy said to him you save my pension. explain the challenge that people working in these unions had with their pensions that needed to be solved. >> first off, president trump did nothing to save his pension. president biden did. number one. number two, working people in the pension system has been exposed by corporate greed. in 2008, the crush of our economy impacted millions of working people's pensions, and the relief that was given to union members and their pensions during the biden- harris administration, it literally saved and changed lives. we have a pension fund in our
you heard from president mcgarvey talking about pension relief, too. that is truly something that was life-changing for thousands and thousands of union workers in this country, and it was also the chips and science built on the i.r.a. that are creating jobs currently right now. good middle-class jobs for working people. >> i want to go back to the pensions bill for a moment, because we saw president biden in florida the other day and spontaneously he was walking by someone. the guy said...
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joining us now democratic congressman morgan mcgarvey of kentucky. thank you so much for joining us. we really appreciate it. wednesday marked one year since a gunman opened fire at a bank in your district there in louisville, kentucky. a shooting killed five people and injured ten others including multiple police officers. where are we as a country when it comes to enacting reasonable gun reform? polls show measures like this popular. why is it so hard to get anything done? what do you make of yesterday's announcement? >> i'm really excite pd about yesterday's announcement because it's going to keep our communities safer, going to keep our kids safer. you should have to have a background check to buy a firearm in this country. but, you know, joined the long list of cities who experienced a mass shooting. in the wake of that tragedy as a member of the gun prevention task force in d.c. i was going with my colleagues and talking one-on-one but actually saying where can you meet us on this, where can we actually make progress to keep our country safer?
joining us now democratic congressman morgan mcgarvey of kentucky. thank you so much for joining us. we really appreciate it. wednesday marked one year since a gunman opened fire at a bank in your district there in louisville, kentucky. a shooting killed five people and injured ten others including multiple police officers. where are we as a country when it comes to enacting reasonable gun reform? polls show measures like this popular. why is it so hard to get anything done? what do you make of...
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mcgarvey: mr. speaker, one year ago today in louisville, kentucky, it was a crisp, bright monday morning. the easter sun had silently set the night before on blooming dogwoods and azaleas and a new day had sounded in with only the squeaking of school bus brakes interrupting the birds chirping to signal the changing of the seasons. the perfect spring awakening to welcome families back to school from spring break while ushering the rest of us in to work with a sense of rebirth and renewal. louisville is lucky to be blessed with such scenes of beauty on an annual basis. the sounds, sights and smells are familiar and wonderful. instinctively we know that ant histamines are coming out of our bathroom cabinets and derby is right around the corner. spring is when kentucky's natural beauty, pageantry and homegrown hospitality are on display for the world to see. this is why it was so shocking. you never think it's going to happen in your community, that no one could do this. but this is why we truly did no
mcgarvey: mr. speaker, one year ago today in louisville, kentucky, it was a crisp, bright monday morning. the easter sun had silently set the night before on blooming dogwoods and azaleas and a new day had sounded in with only the squeaking of school bus brakes interrupting the birds chirping to signal the changing of the seasons. the perfect spring awakening to welcome families back to school from spring break while ushering the rest of us in to work with a sense of rebirth and renewal....
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. >> sean mcgarvey joins us now. thank you very much for coming on the show this morning. that was a pretty powerful video and a real turnaround from when you first endorsed former president trump or at least listen to him and hoped his promises would come true, what do you say to hardworking americans who don't have time to, you know, clue in on every detail of every trial he's involved in or every promise he made to support trump almost blindly but they connect with him, even members of your union, what do you say to them about who this man is? >> well, quite honestly, we're not going to waste a lot of time talking to every american who support donald trump. because we're not going to change their minds. what we're going to concentrate is 10% to 15% of our members we can have a conversation with and explain to them the facts, give them the projects they're working on, the way they're feeding their families today. three monumental pieces of legislation, after he saved our pensions that are now creating the biggest infrastructure boom this country has ever seen, we call it
. >> sean mcgarvey joins us now. thank you very much for coming on the show this morning. that was a pretty powerful video and a real turnaround from when you first endorsed former president trump or at least listen to him and hoped his promises would come true, what do you say to hardworking americans who don't have time to, you know, clue in on every detail of every trial he's involved in or every promise he made to support trump almost blindly but they connect with him, even members of...
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. >> and shawn mcgarvey joins us now. thank you for coming on the show this morning. that was a powerful video and a real turn around from when you first endorsed former president trump or at least listened to him and hoped that his promises would come true. what do you say to hard working americans who don't have time to clue in on every detail of every trial he is involved with or every promise he made who sport trump almost blindly but they connect with him. even members of your union. what do you say to them about who this man is? >> well, quite honestly, we won't waste a lot of time talking to every american that supports donald trump and not waste a lot of time with some of our members that support donald trump because we are not going to change their minds. what we concentrate on is the 10 to 15% of our members who we can have a conversation with and explain to them the facts. give them the projects that they are working on, the way they are feeding their family today. how that project came about. it came about through three monumental pieces of legislation aft
. >> and shawn mcgarvey joins us now. thank you for coming on the show this morning. that was a powerful video and a real turn around from when you first endorsed former president trump or at least listened to him and hoped that his promises would come true. what do you say to hard working americans who don't have time to clue in on every detail of every trial he is involved with or every promise he made who sport trump almost blindly but they connect with him. even members of your union....
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of president sean mcgarvey and at that time, secretary booker, who has gone on to another role and current secretary brandon bishop. during this project, brandon and i worked together in a lot of different times and hours and spent so much time over there they bought braves jerseys and paid georgia taxes. thank you. we had a global pandemic while we were trying to build it, but it was the largest job producing construction project in georgia with over 9,000 workers. because of our strong partnership and shared commitments to safety, our people, we stood up a medical clinic together. this, along with other efforts, kept our employees and your members willing and able to come to work every day. as a result, the plant construction site-- >> we'll leave this program here to take you live to a discussion on the upcoming n.a.t.o. summit held in washington d.c. featuring the ambassador to the alliance julianne smith. live coverage here on c-span2. >> 75 years old this april and much to celebrate, the alliance is larger and more united than before, addition of finland and sweden added military to
of president sean mcgarvey and at that time, secretary booker, who has gone on to another role and current secretary brandon bishop. during this project, brandon and i worked together in a lot of different times and hours and spent so much time over there they bought braves jerseys and paid georgia taxes. thank you. we had a global pandemic while we were trying to build it, but it was the largest job producing construction project in georgia with over 9,000 workers. because of our strong...