pulitzer prize-winning author tom friedman will join us for that session. we want to thank you for joining us in salt lake city, and we want to thank governor robert and his wife for hosting us and for the extraordinary -- gov. herbert and his wife for hosting us and for the extraordinary job they are already doing. we are prepared to answer questions. [applause] >> can we take questions, please? >> gov. gregoire, what is your feeling about -- >> let me tell you what is going on in washington, d.c. i think that is more to the point. across the nation, we can ill afford the debate going on in washington, d.c. we are in a fragile state of recovery. the fact that we're not moving forward to solve the debt issue is resulting -- i can tell you in my own home state, where i am