he's introduced by bruce katz of the brookings institution. this is two hours. >> good morning, everyone. my name is bruce katz, i'm vice president at the brookings institution, founding director of the metropolitan policy program here. i want to w

he's introduced by bruce katz of the brookings institution. this is two hours. >> good morning, everyone. my name is bruce katz, i'm vice president at the brookings institution, founding director of the metropolitan policy program here. i want to welcome you to brookings both for people in the room, who are watching on c-span and i via webcast to the closing event of infrastructure week. so a lot of folks -- public, private, civic -- have been involved in designing infrastructure week and pulling it off, and to all of you from brookings, thank you. and also thank you to the foundations and corporations that really have made our work possible. the ford foundation, the -- [inaudible] foundation, hitachi, aig, ge, rbc, kkr and all the members of our metropolitan leadership council. they really have made our research possible. now, the timing of this week could not be better. and i know congressman delaney's going to talk about this. there are clearly short-term federal actions involving the gas tax and the highway trust fund that are critical and

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my name is bruce katz, i'm a vice president at the brookings institution, founding director of the meant policy program. i want to introduce you to brookings, to the closing of infrastructure week. a lot of folks, public, private, civic, have been involved in designing structure and to all of you, thank you and also thank you to the foundations and corporations that really have made our work possible. the ford foundation, hitachi, aig, ge, rbc, tkr, and all the members of our metropolitan leadership council. they have made our research possible. now, the timing of this week could not be better. now congressman delaney will talk about this temp there are clearly short term federal actions involving the gas tax and highway trust fund that are critical and really a new way of the national government engaging, but there really or metta issues informing this week. does the united states have what it takes to build and retrofit a new generation of infrastructure for today's pressing and disruptive challenges. this is a pivotal decade but a of supersized economic, social, and environmental chal

my name is bruce katz, i'm a vice president at the brookings institution, founding director of the metropolitan policy program here. i want to welcome you to brookings both for people in the room, who are watching on c-span and via webcast to the closing event of infrastructure week. so a lot of folks, public, private, civic, have been involved in designing infrastructure week and pulling it off, and to all of you from brookings, thank you. and also thank you to the foundations and corporations that really have made our work possible; the ford foundation, hitachi, aig, ge, rbc, kkr and all the members of our metropolitan leadership council. they really have made our research possible. now, the timing of this week could not be better. and i know congressman delaney's going to talk about this. there are clearly short-term federal actions involving the gas tax and the highway trust fund that are critical and really a new wave the national government's engaging. but there really are metaissues that are incoming this week. does the united states have what it takes to build and retrofit a new generat