Steve Scalise on Port Strike: We Will Not Support ‘Backward Thinking’ on Automation Ban, We Are in 2024, Not 1950s

Jones So shipping containers ░░░░░░░░ already piling up at ░░░░░░░░ as the dock worker ░░░░░░░░ enters its third day ░░░░░░░░ as concerns grow over ░░░░░░░░ state of the economy ░░░░░░░░ are calling on Biden ░░░░░░░░ Congress to take action ░░░░░░░░ Majority Leader Steve Scalise ░░░░░░░░ us now Is Congress ░░░░░░░░ to step in here ░░░░░░░░ looks like the president ░░░░░░░░ made it very clear ░░░░░░░░ s standing with the ░░░░░░░░ right now SCALISE Right ░░░░░░░░ under the law Lawrence ░░░░░░░░ to be with you ░░░░░░░░ Hartley allows the president ░░░░░░░░ intervene and break it ░░░░░░░░ said we re just ░░░░░░░░ to let it go ░░░░░░░░ and wreck the economy ░░░░░░░░ re losing over 5 ░░░░░░░░ a day and costs ░░░░░░░░ going to start going ░░░░░░░░ even higher on families ░░░░░░░░ are already struggling under ░░░░░░░░ Biden Harris inflation economy ░░░░░░░░ on the shelves is ░░░░░░░░ to become more scarce ░░░░░░░░ know if you look ░░░░░░░░ Congress I mean in ░░░░░░░░ House we re surely ░░░░░░░░ going to support some ░░░░░░░░ of deal that says ░░░░░░░░ automation Imagine that They ░░░░░░░░ to go back to ░░░░░░░░ Flintstones I mean I ░░░░░░░░ bet you they ve ░░░░░░░░ more technology and automation ░░░░░░░░ their homes in their ░░░░░░░░ in their smart TV ░░░░░░░░ they want to have ░░░░░░░░ a dock when we ░░░░░░░░ competing globally We re ░░░░░░░░ just competing one city ░░░░░░░░ another You know you ░░░░░░░░ got ports all around ░░░░░░░░ world that are heavily ░░░░░░░░ and they still have ░░░░░░░░ by the way who ░░░░░░░░ run the devices These ░░░░░░░░ devices aren t running ░░░░░░░░ but they re already ░░░░░░░░ with overtime over 200 ░░░░░░░░ a year in some ░░░░░░░░ and they want to ░░░░░░░░ the economy down to ░░░░░░░░ more at some point ░░░░░░░░ pays for this And ░░░░░░░░ will add even more ░░░░░░░░ inflation There are a ░░░░░░░░ of families making 50 ░░░░░░░░ a year that are ░░░░░░░░ Please stop adding to ░░░░░░░░ cost And Biden and ░░░░░░░░ won t do anything ░░░░░░░░ they want to see ░░░░░░░░ prices keep going up ░░░░░░░░ What tools do you ░░░░░░░░ have The president looks ░░░░░░░░ he s going to ░░░░░░░░ out of it He ░░░░░░░░ not going to use ░░░░░░░░ act But what can ░░░░░░░░ guys do to make ░░░░░░░░ this doesn t get ░░░░░░░░ SCALISE Yeah And I ░░░░░░░░ look again if the ░░░░░░░░ and Senate had some ░░░░░░░░ of kind of close ░░░░░░░░ on how to resolve ░░░░░░░░ that would be one ░░░░░░░░ There is None You ░░░░░░░░ can you imagine us ░░░░░░░░ a room with Chuck ░░░░░░░░ and he s siding ░░░░░░░░ them saying ban automation ░░░░░░░░ know this isn t ░░░░░░░░ 1950s We re in ░░░░░░░░ We have a lot ░░░░░░░░ technology that could be ░░░░░░░░ to to actually make ░░░░░░░░ more efficient wouldn t ░░░░░░░░ less jobs it would ░░░░░░░░ be more efficient jobs ░░░░░░░░ they want to block ░░░░░░░░ We re we re ░░░░░░░░ going to support that ░░░░░░░░ of backward thinking.”