arantza: la municipalidad metropolitana de lima instalÓ placas de aluminio con braile en los postes yude a mejorar la calidad de vida de los invidentes que cuentan con la fortuna de saber leer en sistema braille. hay que tener paciencia y mucha sensibilidad para aprender. >> el sistema braille sencillo lo puede aprender una persona que ve. lo mÁs difÍcil es sensibilizar el tacto del dedo, eso requiere bastante prÁctica. marÍa: paciencia es lo que les sobra a los invidentes que han tenido que esperar todos estos aÑos para que al fin la capital de lima los tome en cuenta. >> asÍ ya no vamos a pedir tanto ayuda a la gente molestar, a veces la gente se molesta con nosotros. marÍa: john cuenta que hay gente que se fastidia cuando pide ayuda para cruzar la calle o ubicarse. depender de un lazarillo puede ser un gran problema para ellos, con estas placas colocadas en el centro de lima empezarÁn a mejorar su calidad de vida. >> estas ayudas permiten a la persona con discapacidad visual que sean mÁs autÓnomo, mÁs independiente que se valga por sus propios medios. es nuestra finalidad que ellos

want to talk about safety the of the importance of bringing a fresh perspective to old problems then brailnd reauthorization an incredibly important opportunities we see there. as all of you know much to their credit of the people sitting in the room over the last decade total trade accidents are down. to build its are down down, crossing incidents have declined the rail industry to is safer than it has ever been in history it is good news sent you deserve great credit for these improvements but most recently those numbers look to be ticking up over the last year the numbers at crossings increased by 9 percent and the number of fatalities at crossings increased by 16%. while the next figure is less of an issue for commuter rails just this morning the wall street journal reported fr ratio in the number of violent rupture accidents on the rise. my point is the most recent statistics is a stark reminder that our work is not done. we have a long way to go to get as zero accidents, injuries and fatalities. two weeks into my new job that the nra at grade crossing accident occurred in york in tra

it's critical to our defense industrial brails. -- base. we know that one in seven u.s. private sector jobs depend on u.s. manufacturing. i think there's a general sense in the country that we need to make sure we start making things again in the united states. we cannot have an economy based solely on technology or service. we do need manufactured products. every $1 in sales of manufactured products supports $1.33 in output from other sectors. it's the largest ripple effect that we can get and our nation thrives when we are leading the world in cutting-edge technology in manufacturing. accelerating growth in u.s. manufacturing attracts the kind of well-paying jobs that will help drive middle class economic security. i think a lot of the discussion today has been, what's that first rung on the economic ladder that somebody can grab? and manufacturing, i believe, is that rung. we talk about these other programs, we talk about suppressed wages and then obviously in this budget the other side does not want to support medicaid expansion, does not want to support credits to h