Good afternoon, the meeting of the House Labor and Commerce Committee will come to order. The time is 4.25 PM on Friday, February 6th. Members present are Representative Carrick, Representative Colomb, Representative Sadler, representative Nelson, co-chair of Fields and myself, Co-Chair Hall. We have a quorum. Please silence your cell phones. We're asking that staff and members of the audience not approach the table. If you need to pass a note to committee members, please get the attention of my committee, A. Joan Wilkerson, and she will take care of it. I'd like to thank Andrew Magnusson from the Labor and Commerce Committee Secretary. I can't talk today. And Zachary Laward from The Juneau LAO for. teleconferencing support. We have one bill on the agenda today and we will begin our hearing on House Joint Resolution 20 encouraging the United States Congress to establish hiring goals for apprentices and veteran apprentices. Representative David Nelson and your aide Donna Page, please take a seat in front of the room, introduce yourselves for the record and begin your presentation just giving us a brief overview of of HDR 20. Thank you for being here. Yes, thank you, co-chair Hall and co chair fields and members of the house labor and commerce committee for the record again I am David Nelson representative for house district 18, which includes joint base elmendorf Richardson government Hill and East Anchorage Thank you again for hearing House Joint Resolution No. 20, encouraging United States Congress to establish hiring goals for apprentices and veteran apprentices. This resolution at the end really aims to assist veterans and those preparing to transition from armed services to civilian life. House joint resolution 20 would encourage Congress to established hiring goal for DOD construction projects, namely for individuals who are participating in qualified apprenticeships or post-secondary programs. I urge the House Labor and Commerce Committee to establish these hiring goals to support the Americans who war the uniforms. And that is it. Great, thank you very much, Representative Nelson. Are there any questions for our resolution sponsor? Seeing none from the committee, we will now open public testimony on the resolution. Public testimony is open. Is there anybody in the room who would like to testify? Seeing none, I will look online, seeing no one online. I won't close public testimony. Are there any final questions for the resolution sponsor? Seeing None, thank you, Representative Nelson. My office had set an amendment deadline for February 4th and received no amendments. If it is the will of the committee, Mr. Co-chair, may I have a motion? Yes, I moved to report house joint resolution 20 work order 34-LS0881 backslash a out of committee with individual recommendations and accompanying fiscal notes Addis Rosie back on the record. I've never restate that motion to clarify zeros versus other types of O's. So, Madam Coach here, I moved to report HJR 20, Work Order 34-LS0-881-A out of committee with individual recommendations and accompanying zero fiscal notes. There being no objection, H.J.R. 20, Work Order 34-LS0881-A is reported out of committee with individual recommendations and accompanying fiscal notes. That concludes our business for today. House Labor and Commerce Committee will meet next on Monday, February 9th at 3.15 PM. This meeting is adjourned at 4.29 PM