. >> and now, you get the phone calls answered, but now the head of the dga, you get those phone callsnswered, but what would you say to the president? >> well, the governors are proud of what is being here, and whether it is moving the climate agenda or the gretchen whitner telling the story of moving the vehicle agenda. i wait every week that joe biden has delivered it, and we are building roads and bridges and water treatment plants. run on the record, and he has one to be proud of, and we have to get the message is clear. >> and no doubt, projects are being built, and the country has not gone into the recession that many people predicted and still economic growth, and yet, and yet n the latest cnn poll, only 29% of the people would rate the country's economic conditions good. 71%, and how do you explain that disconnect? >> well, some of it is that we polarized our perceptions about everything. inflation was real. it is global, and i came back from the australian trade mission, and they would gladly trade with us, but people did see the prices rise and you don't see the deflation, s