let's bring in diana furchtgott-roth.eld roles in the department of transportation, and labor. really good to speak with you. you have had the inner workings of government for a long time, and there is a lot of jockeying happening within the democratic party, how they advance these two pieces of legislation. how does this work out? diana: i would hope there is a vote on the infrastructure bill before they move forward to the $3.5 trillion in entitlement spending. we have an economy that is growing at 6% a year. we don't need that $3.5 trillion entitlement bill, alix. greg: it is a huge sum of cash. at the same time, we hear about crumbling infrastructure. what would be a right size package, hearing about crumbling roads in rydges -- roads and bridges to keep the economy going for the next three decades? diana: we do need the $110 billion for roads and bridges and there are ways to make it go further. we could have more flexibility for state in terms of regulation. we could have more private activity bonds so that more pri