finally, i want you to know there is the legislative conference at the american public transportation association, march 11 through the 13th. i know in number of you have been invited to attend. i know our executive director and other staff will be going, and i plan to be there as well. we are still trying to finalize the details of that schedule. one of the objectives is to make sure we also advocate for additional funding for many of the projects that are currently in the works. i look forward to providing you more information on that. beyond that, that is the end of my report. i do not know if there are any comments or questions from my colleagues are members of the public to want to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. please call item four. >> executive director's report. this is an information item. >> good morning, executive director. i have still to present to you meet annual report -- the annual report. i will keep my comments in line with that. i just wanted to clarify for you come as a corollary to the statement the chair just made about the funding arrangements f

american association of state highway and transit tperbls, the american bus association, american concrete association, american council of engineering companies, american highway users alliance, american moving and storage association, american public transportation association, american road and transportation builders, american society of civil engineers, american traffic safety services association, american trucking association, the general contractors of america, equipment distributors, equipment manufacturers, metropolitan planning organizations, vehicle safety alliance, highway safety association, governors highway safety association, intelligent transportation society, international union of operating engineers, motor and equipment manufacturers association, the national az fault pavement association, the national association of development organizations, national construction alliance two, national stone, sand and gravel association, portland cement, and the u.s. chamber of commerce. listen, we have to put aside these wedge issues, these got-cha issues. we have business after business after business that's struggling. this is a bipartisan bill. this will save 1.8 million jobs and create an additional million jobs. and we're talking about

american association of state highway and transit officials, the american bus association, the concrete pavement association, the council of engineering companies, the highway users alliance, the american moving and storage association, the american public transportation association, the american road and transportation builders association, the american society of civil engineers, the the -- it goes on and on. the trucking association, metropolitan transportation organizations, commercial vehicle safety alliance, governors highway safety association, international union of operating engineers, motor and equipment manufacturers, national asphalt pavement, national association of development organizations, u.s. chamber of commerce, national stone, sand and gravel, national construction alliance. oh, it goes o. that's just a partial list of those 1,000-plus organizations. when we started our bill, madam president, you remember we made history because we had richard trumpka, the head of the afl-cio, sitting next to donnelly, tom donnelly -- donahue, sorry -- correct me -- donahue, the head of the chamber of commerce. donahue and trumpka, the odd couple. they're fighting and arguing on everything. they come together in front of our committee because they

the american public transportation association, the american road and transportation builders association, the associated equipment distributors, the association of equipment manufacturers, the associated general contractors, the american society of civil engineers, the international union of operating engineers, the labor international union of north america, the national asphalt pavement association, the national stone, sand and gravel association, the united brotherhood of carpenters, the u.s. chamber of commerce. now, i've got to say -- mr. inhofe: madam president works the senator yield? mrs. boxer: yes, let me just make one statement. this list that i have just read here, this list represents america, republicans, democrats, independents. yes, i would yield to my friend. mr. inhofe: well, i would only say that even though we haven't ironed out how to handle time here, we do have a senator who wanted to speak 20 minutes ago. if we could do that, i'd love to get back on the dialogue between each other. mrs. boxer: yes, i'll just finish this up and yield the floor and i'm happy to have