we're joined by the honorable butch brown the executive director and chief administrative officer from mississippi department of transportation joseph mukasey general manager of the southeastern pennsylvania transportation authority representing the american public transportation association. brad penrod director and ceo of the allegheny county airport authority representing airports council international north america and john keating president and chief operating officer oldcastle materials group fees representing american road and transportation builders association. we will begin with mr. brown. >> thank you madam chairman as a special note we have included a few figures that were correctly added and not have been fixed and we ask we have been allowed to submit the revised testimony is just a couple of technical changes. think you'll. >> my name is larry butch brown i am the director of the mississippi department of transportation serving vice president of the american association of state highway and transportation officials and m the incoming president this fall. i want to thank

i would talk to butch, and i think that even though we didn't hit any balls, i actually got my swingwhere we wanted it and i'm very optimistic about my ball striking this week. i think the key for me will be on the greens. i putted these greens very well in '02. if i can have a good putting week, i expect to be in contention on sunday. i feel like my game is ready, but you just never know. i feel like emotionally i'm better, but you just never know. >> well, mickelson's wife amy, who almost always accompanies him to the u.s. open, will not be here this week. when i asked him this morning what she said to him before he left, he said she'd made it clear she'd like a certain silver cup in her hospital room as she begins her treatment. scott? >> thank you, wendy. golf can be a cruel, cold business, and tiger woods is standing between amy mickelson and phil and that trophy. didn't play wednesday. got his work done monday and tuesday, nine holes each, and as we welcome in andy north, andy, it almost felt like tiger had been anoingted. we need to pump our brakes on that a little bit because

first is on the democratic line, butch from jackson, wyoming. >> caller: yes, good morning. the discussion about the puerto rico status territory. number one, we've got. health care should be a right, not a profit. number two, we should discuss taxing church property. churches should be helping with health care. i don't understand why and number three, education for doctors is costing too much to become a doctor. we should be able -- the government should be able to pay for the health care by them volunteering into rural areas so that we can have health care. i would like to ask you a question, have you ever seen the movie "sicko"? >> guest: no, i haven't. >> caller: with michael moore. he took three people that volunteered during 9/11 and helped find bodies, he took them to gitmo because the prisoners over there with so-called terrorists are getting better health care than american citizens. .. i went in one of those trips, health care services in cuba are not our model. we should not be looking toward cuba for that. i believe we have excellent health care professionals in

madam chairman and members, my name is larry butch brown, the executive director of the mississippi department of transportation currently serving as vice president of american association of state highway transportation officials and will be the incoming president of that association this fall. on behalf of the state department of transportation i want to thank you for your efforts in securing transportation funding as a part of the economic recovery legislation. today a want of a size three major points. all of the states have on a 50% or more of the non sum allocated funds well before the june 30 deadline. projects are under construction and people going back to work in good paying jobs. states are directing funds are ready to go project that spent economic recovery and job creation to all corners of the united states with special consideration being given to the economic news of geographic balance. the economic recovery and provide a $48 billion for transportation investment out of a total of $787 billion. of that 27.5 billion or for highways, 30 percent of that going to this of pelicans i

butch from jackson, wyoming. caller: good morning. i thought the discussion was about health care and not puerto rico's status. we have to take the profit out of health care. it should be a right and not for profit. number two, we should start taxing church property. they should be helping with health care and the property should be taxed. i don't understand why it is not being taxed. number three, education for doctors. it is costing too much to become a doctor. they should -- the government should pay for their health care by them volunteering into wall air -- rural areas and slum areas so we can have health care throughout that. i would like to ask a question, at the scene the movie "60s -- sicko." he took three busloads volunteered 9/11 and helped find bodies -- he took them to gtmo because the prisoners over there, the so-called terrorist were getting better health care that american citizens. he took these volunteers and gtmo would not let them in. he took them to cuba and they get free health care. that is a situation. q. but i