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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Mar 12, 2014

Can you enlighten me about what happened with Malaysia Flight 370 in terms of the passport issue--the stolen passports not being detected right away?

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Mar 12, 2014

I want to make sure that is a top priority, to take a look at that.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Mar 12, 2014

So it should actually be instantaneous, correct?

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Mar 12, 2014

I do believe the things that are worth having are worth paying for.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Mar 12, 2014

I am not so sure that has been the case with Homeland Security.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Mar 11, 2014

We certainly hear a lot of commentary about most of these workers being minors.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Mar 11, 2014

Of all the low-wage workers, again these people earning up to $11.50 an hour, about a fifth of them are in families earning--with a total income less than the Federal poverty threshold.

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Gwen Moore
@gwenmoore· Democratic · WI· Mar 11, 2014

It's important we raise the minimum wage to $10.10 and why it must keep up with inflation.

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Gwen Moore
@gwenmoore· Democratic · WI· Mar 11, 2014

A minimum wage of $10.10 would bring me closer to that goal.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Mar 10, 2014

Well, that would be a pretty significant control, I would think, from the customer on their contractor--that if you have key safety positions, that prior to anybody--if one of those safety officers is raising an issue, prior to any…

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Mar 10, 2014

Do you know of any companies that might have the capability that just refuse to do it, or started working on a project like this and just walked away out of sheer frustration and mounting losses?

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Mar 10, 2014

I do not think this is the place to adjudicate an employer-employee dispute.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Mar 10, 2014

OK. Can you point--because, again, we have talked about all these studies. You were going to say, specifically, this is what we have done. I just did not hear any specifics.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Mar 10, 2014

Nothing rude about it. I took no offense. I know we are trying to hustle through this.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Mar 10, 2014

But, again, when you say tracked, that means full transparency and the Department of Energy being involved in these.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Mar 10, 2014

I have spoken with some nuclear experts in the past, that that instance has resulted in really a different design idea, that what we ought to do is just put a big ole tank of water over the reactor so it can be filled with any power source.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Mar 10, 2014

And do you have any sense for just your percent profitability?

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Mar 10, 2014

But in the end, it would be the Department of Energy.

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