ben van houten unless you see him in person. >> thank you, president bleiman and commissioners. it's been a couple of years since i've done this. ben van houten with an update on nightlife business assistance. will this show? excellent. >> president: wonderful. >> so i've got federal, state, and local updates for you this evening. i wish there were more updates on the federal level. the restaurant revitalization fund remains underfunded. this is for restaurants and bars. people could apply for the difference between their 2020 and 2019 earnings. there was $72 billion in need asked for by the nightlife industry nationwide. congress had only allocated $28 billion. and so there's still just incredible unfunded need out there. there has been legislation in the house, legislation in the senate to allocate more money to the fund, but really the reason i bring it up tonight is because of recent survey data published within the last week by the independent restaurant coalition around emphasizing that need, that continued need for relief according to the i.r.c. of their surveyed businesse