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Former House Democrat leader Dick Gephardt argues green initiatives will boost economic momentum
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It is still ugly over there as well now a new study out from the United Nations and international labor organization and environmental.
Up program there saying that nations can actually achieve.
I'd net gain of fifteen million to sixty million jobs over the next two decades and do so with green here policies are at.
Dick Gephardt former house democratic leader is president CEO of Gephardt government advises he joins us from Washington DC.
He's been doing a lot of work in this area so with this news out.
Today congressman I figured while -- start with this in that's gotta be encouraging because a lot of times we hear -- these green.
-- issues are not money makers is that starting to change do you think.
I think it is I think green construction.
And buildings and housing has been around for a long time I think it's gotten a lot of momentum.
I think a lot of your new office buildings and residential Billings hotel rooms are being built with green features involved.
And a company I've been working -- -- as well as living is is working toward adding.
A wellness feature -- housing both active and passive features that will help people increase their wellness.
Travis but is that just I read about it actually I have to say it is kind of cooled the -- the big buildings going up here in new York and a note.
-- it's -- of money but do you really lie still.
Target as -- housing and building these types of buildings he just rely on people have a ton of money at their disposal and want to do this.
As opposed to -- pricing the market right where it's gonna make economic sense for more more people.
Well not at all so we've had to start with the higher end stuff because there's a lot of technology that you got to perfect in get in to these units.
But we hope to quickly take these features to you know middle income senior housing and even low income housing.
So we're talking about better water better -- better -- All to -- designed to make people have a better wellness status and we think it applies to all income groups have all kinds and housing -- Yes sticky question on that front then it would be and it's -- the debate now for however many years can you do it.
Without at this company and others can you do it without government help or you need subsidies from the government to do it.
No we don't need government subsidies and all we're doing this all on -- private dollars.
We're working with major medical organizations.
In the country like Mayo Clinic in Cleveland clinic and others.
Columbia University Medical School to perfect these.
Technologies.
And and we're doing studies.
To really prove that these -- -- features have a good impact on people's health status.
All right leader Gephardt this great to see you and what we consider I'd like to actually a bunch of political questions we -- time in the bond because it's weird season may have seen in awhile and Washington's he would -- that the mid you'll come back sometime effects are coming out today.
We have to do thank you congressman Gephardt with us from DC.
