[applause] >> thank you mayor weston broo patterson, mayor of athens, ohio and i am nlcnlc played a majoretting the bipartisan infrastructure law passed in ensuring the local government of all sizes have access to direct fug butnlc -- but the work is nt done after the law is passed. knowing most all communities and bedside -- midsizetowns and vilt have full-time grant writers. s of boot camps designed to help small cities like mine put together competitive applications for federaland they are absolutely g and my city is proof of i[appla] as isypg everything home from nlc that i have learned, we participated in one of theud to report that the city of athens and several communities in southern ohio received $12.5 million to build new electric vehicle charging statis r athens all the way to dayton, ohio. [applause] this funding will ve a impact os and by filling critical gaps in my community is not alone. to date, 33 cities have participated in the boot camps and have been awarded $83 million. [applause] and it does not end there because more is expected soon. so i want to thank congress, i