gives you an assignment and you are given a device and you take it home, if you don't have the connectiveity, you're behind. but if you do have the connectivity, do you have the access, you can continue your education at home and be prepared the next day. states will now have the flexibility to use federal resources to improve this access to technology. this is a significant step forward i think for the education system that is outdated and out of step with the needs of our students. it's particularly hard hitting in rural communities. last week we passed and the president signed the first long-term highway bill in 17 years. since 2009, congress has lurched from one short-term patch to another, leaving officials across the country unable to plan, unable to plan future highway and transit projects. the shameful inability to make a lasting investment in our infrastructure came to an end last week. the fast act invests $2.5 billion in west virginia's roads and bridges over five years, and i can say going home last weekend, if anybody -- the biggest issue raised to me or in a congratulatory way