i'm deborah phillips, and i run a part of api that mike and megan have mentioned earlier today, but noty in this town know very much about. our more than 120 employees and more than 7,000 volunteers worldwide develop standards and programs that drive safety, environmental performance, sustainability, and energy efficiency throughout the oil and gas industry, both here domestically and around the world. it's my distinct pleasure to be the moderator for today's panel. i'm joined onstage with four folks that have unique and well-positioned perspectives regarding america's energy future. and they're here to share that with us today. just to do a brief reintroduction of our panelists, we have terry o'sullivan, at the end, to your left, representing international laborers union. karen carrigan, representing small entrepreneur. leslie beyer represents companies that provide critical services to oil companies world wild. our celebrity guest mike rowe you know from "dirty jobs" but is also a skilled trades advocate here in this country. so we don't have much time. i'm going to jump right in. and

i'm deborah phillips and i run a part of api that mike and megan have mentioned earlier today but not many know much about. our 120 employees, and more than 7,000 volunteers worldwide developed standards and programs that drive safety, environmental performance, sustainability, and energy efficiency throughout the oil and gas industry, both here domestically and around the world, and it's my distinct pleasure to be the moderator for today's panel. i'm joined on stage with four folks that have unique and well positioned perspectives regarding america's energy future, and they are here to share that with us today. just to do a brief reintroduction of our panelists, we have terry o'sullivan at the end to your left representing international labors union. we've got karen kerrigan representing small businesses and entrepreneurs. next to karen we have leslie byer that represents companies that provide critical equipment and services to the oil and gas industry worldwide, and our celebrity guest, mike rowe who of course you know probably well from "dirty jobs" but is also a skills trades adv