WELCOME BACK.
THE LAST PERSON YOU EXPECT TO
FIGHT FOR TECH JOBS IS A
CONGRESSMAN REPRESENTING
SILICON VALLEY BUT THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT OUR FRIEND FROM
CALIFORNIA IS DOING.
NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT
ACTUALLY DOING IT, TRULY,
POSITIVE AND PRACTICAL.
HE IS HERE NOW.
CONGRESSMAN, TELL US WHAT YOU
BEEN WORKING ON.
>> STEVE, WE ARE DOING A
PROJECT WITH GOVERNOR REYNOLDS
IN JEFFERSON IOWA, WE ARE
GOING TO PROVIDE DOZENS OF
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR KIDS TO GET
ABOUT 18 MONTHS OF TECH
TRAINING, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP
WITH ACCENTURE, FACEBOOK,
OTHER TECH COMPANIES AND AT
THE END OF THIS TRAINING THEY
WILL HAVE JOBS PAYING BETWEEN
60 AND $70000 AND THEY GET TO
STAY IN THE COMMUNITY THEY
LOVE IN JEFFERSON IOWA OR
WESTERN RURAL IOWA.
>> THAT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT
POINT YOU JUST MADE BECAUSE
EARLIER CHRIS WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE WAY SO MUCH OF THE
CONVERSATION IN THE LAST FEW
DECADES ABOUT THE ECONOMY,
CHANGING AND BECOMING
TECHNOLOGY ECONOMY IF YOUR
FACTORY CLOSES YOU HAVE TO GO
WHERE THE JOBS ARE.
YOU'RE SHOWING THAT'S NOT
NECESSARY.
DO YOU THINK THIS COULD GO
BEYOND, IS THIS A
DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT CAN BE
DONE AND HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO
SEE THIS SPREAD TO OTHER
PLACES?
>> IT IS, I CALL IT A RIPPLE
IN A POND.
THERE'S NO REASON WE NEED
200,000 TECH JOBS OUTSOURCED
TO PLACES LIKE CHINA OR
BRAZIL.
WE COULD BE DOING THAT IN THE
HEARTLAND.
THE REALITY IS EMMA MOST
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO MOVE.
THEY LOVE THE COMMUNITY, THEIR
CONCERN THEIR CHURCHES ARE
DWINDLING, THEIR KIDS ARE
HAVING TO LEAVE, WHAT WE NEED
TO DO IS ALLOW THEM TO
PRESERVE THEIR WAY OF LIFE AND
BRING THESE JOBS HERE.
THERE ARE COST ADVANTAGES TO
HAVE THESE JOBS NOT JUST
LOCATED IN THE BAY AREA AND
THE TALENT IS EVERYWHERE.
FOR THE DELIBERATE WE CAN MAKE
THIS WORK.
>> THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT HAS
REALLY BEEN, YOU'VE DRIVEN IT,
GOVERNOR REYNOLDS HAS BEEN
INVOLVED, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
POLICY LEVERS OR POLICY
CHANGES THAT YOU'D LOOK AT TO
TRY TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THIS
OR MAKE IT A PART OF THE
ECONOMY MOVING FORWARD.
>> A FEW THINGS.
I THINK WE NEED HIGH-SPEED
AFFORDABLE BROADBAND
EVERYWHERE.
WE CAN DO THAT FOR
$40 BILLION, THAT CAN BE A
BIPARTISAN INITIATIVE.
SECOND WE ALSO HAVE TAX
INCENTIVES TO HIRE WORKERS IN
THESE COMMUNITIES.
QUE
QUÉBEC HAS A MODEL SIMILAR TO
THAT WHERE THEY ACTUALLY
PROVIDE TAX INCENTIVES TO HIRE
FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE THAT IN
RURAL AMERICA.
THIRD, WHEN WE MAKE SURE IF
YOU HAVE A FEDERAL CONTRACT,
AT LEAST 10% OF YOUR WORKFORCE
IS COMING FROM THE RURAL
COMMUNITIES OR FROM
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR SO THAT
EVEN IF 90% IS COMING FROM
SILICON VALLEY WERE
INCENTIVIZING COMPANIES NOT TO
OFFSHORE BUT HIGHER PEOPLE IN
THIS COUNTRY.
>> THOSE ARE REALLY SENSIBLE
AND PRACTICAL THINGS.
I JUST THINK IF WE JUST HAD
THAT PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO
THESE THINGS, RATHER THAN, IT
SEEMS TO ME THAT THE LAST FEW
DECADES HAVE BEEN VERY
IDEOLOGICALLY DRIVEN.
WE'VE GOT THIS LAISSEZ-FAIRE
DOGMA THAT HAS DRIVEN POLICY.
YOU SAY NO LET'S FOCUS ON THE
WORKER AND DO THINGS THAT
REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
ARE YOU TALKING TO THE
ADMINISTRATION ABOUT ANY OF
THIS?
>> I HAVE, ABOUT ACTUALLY TALK
TO JARED KUSHNER, THESE ARE
PRACTICAL IDEAS TO MAKE SURE
THAT AMERICA WINS THE 21st
CENTURY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT MORE
PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO
TECHNOLOGY IN A TECHNOLOGY
REVOLUTION AND MORE PEOPLE
HAVE JOBS WHETHER IT'S
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING OR AGFA
TECH OR SOFTWARE DESIGN.
THE INTERESTING THING HERE IS
THAT IT IS NOT IDEOLOGICAL.
OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED THE PRIVATE
SECTOR.
I HEARD YOUR EARLIER SEGMENT,
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, YOU
CAN'T JUST HAVE COLLEGES ARE
HIGH SCHOOLS WHO HAVE NO CLUE
ABOUT WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR
NEEDS.
YOU NEED TO HAVE PRACTICAL
PARTNERSHIPS BUT YOU ALSO NEED
GOVERNMENT WITH STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT AND THAT'S WHAT
BUILT AMERICA, GOVERNMENT
INVESTMENT WITH COLLEGES,
UNIVERSITIES IN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR.
>> I REALLY.