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FILE – In this June 23, 2014, file photo, job seekers and recruiters meet during a job fair in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed a bill Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, that bans employers from asking potential hires to provide their salary histories, despite Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp.'s vow to challenge the measure in court. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE – In this June 11, 2013, file photo, Comcast Corp. CEO Brian Roberts speaks during The Cable Show 2013 convention in Washington. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed a bill Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, that bans employers from asking potential hires to provide their salary histories, despite Philadelphia-based Comcast's vow to challenge the measure in court. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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In this Nov. 2, 2016 photo, Boser Construction Inc. workers concentrate on details while working on the Manea's Meats expansion project in Sauk Rapids, Minn. (Dave Schwarz/St. Cloud Times via AP)
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The White House is surrounded by block after block of federal buildings, home to a few workers nervous about the presidential transition. (Library of Congress)
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Workers unload barricades before placing them along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington as security tightens ahead of the presidential inauguration. (Associated Press)
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Army Corps Of Engineers employees try to gradually un-jam an ice dam that built up behind a metal bridge on Mill Creek in Walla Walla, Wash., Thursday morning, Jan. 19, 2017. The creek which runs in a concrete channel was built and maintained by the Corps years ago for flood control. (Greg Lehman/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin via AP)
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Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Education Quality Harmed by the Teachers Union Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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FILE - This June 18, 2012, file photo shows Oracle headquarters in Redwood City, Calif. The Labor Department is suing Oracle, claiming that the technology giant pays white male workers more than their non-white and female counterparts with the same job titles. In a statement issued Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, Oracle called the lawsuit "politically motivated, based on false allegations and wholly without merit." (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
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Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Rebecca Rhett, a kindergarten teacher at Overbrook Elementary in West Virginia, found out she may be out of a job after the Kanawha County School District announced layoffs by having teachers draw numbers from a hat. (WSAZ)
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Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo delivers her State of the State address to lawmakers and guests in the House Chamber at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Providence, R.I. Raimondo says she wants to reinvent Rhode Island's manufacturing industry, provide free tuition at state colleges, raise the minimum wage and cut car taxes by 30 percent. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo, right, smiles with R.I. Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, left, after delivering her State of the State address to lawmakers and guests in the House Chamber at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 in Providence, R.I. Raimondo said Tuesday she wants to reinvent Rhode Island's manufacturing industry, provide free tuition at state colleges, raise the minimum wage and cut car taxes by 30 percent. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo, right, gives a thumbs up while standing at the podium next to R.I. Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, left, after delivering her State of the State address to lawmakers and guests in the House Chamber at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 in Providence, R.I. Raimondo said Tuesday she wants to reinvent Rhode Island's manufacturing industry, provide free tuition at state colleges, raise the minimum wage and cut car taxes by 30 percent. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos arrives before testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2017, file photo, Dallas Cowboys' Tony Romo smiles on the bench during the second half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. Those closest to Romo on the Cowboys aren’t ready to discuss the future of the Dallas quarterback, probably because they know the likely final answer. After 156 games, 34,183 yards passing and 248 touchdowns, Romo’s career in Dallas appears over after he lost the job he held for 10 years to rookie sensation Dak Prescott following a preseason back injury. The question is, what’s next. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
