i want to take a moment to give david hinson, a round of applause.a extraordinary job [applause] we'r lucky to have him. i also want to thank ed deseve. he is our general, when it comes to meeting our goals with regard to the recovery package and, he is a modest man. i just want to point out a couple things. first of all, let's not forget that when the president signed the recovery package in mid-february, people were still talking about the great danger, not of a great recession, but of a great depression. let's not forget, that, when the president was sworn in january, all of the economists, right, left and otherwise, were fearful that we were headed into a deflationary spiral from which nobody could figure out how we could ever recover. and it would be global. nobody is talking about those kinds of catastrophic out comes now, and it has to do singularly with the leadership of president obama, his willingness to take bold action and his willingness to bring in people like ed deseve to make sure the action he takes is effective. let's give ed deseve