we've also got jay timmons, president and ceo of the national association of manufacturers., president and ceo of the council on competitiveness come into my in the right, nancy mclernon, president and ceo of the organization for international investment. thank you all for being here. let me start out with a statistic that i read last week that i thought was fastened. so much of the conversation focuses on big business and what their needs are. of course, that's important. this is also a conversation about american jobs and the overall economy. the s&p did a study by the chief u.s. economist last week. they said that their model estimate shows investing $1.3 billion in infrastructure creates 28,000 u.s. jobs and adds $2 billion in real gdp which is leads to a economic gains and the longer-term. if we could starting with jay and working away back down, give us your thoughts on what infrastructure means for jobs first and then the broader economy. >> thanks, eamon. and it's great to be here with such a diverse group of people. it's great to have tom kick this off as usual. he

i'm jay timmons, i'm the president and ceo here. and for those of you who are not familiar with the nam, we represent manufacturers of all sizes and all sectors from the world's largest multi-nationals to small and medium size manufacturers all up and down main streets all across america. and we're the voice for 12 million men and women who make things in the united states. so today is day two of infrastructure week. it started off very strongly yesterday with a full day's worth of programs, and our guest speaker was a speaker at an event i was at last night. so he's been very involved with infrastructure week. we've seen representatives from the business community from organized labor, think tanks and others in this very collaborative effort to demonstrate the urgency of infrastructure improvements and how that urgency is really uniting diverse interests. be so for manufacturers, infrastructure is really a competitiveness issue. it matters in every step of the production process from receiving inputs to shipping our products to our

we also have jay timmons, deborah wince-smith, nancy mclernon. thank you all for being here. let me start out with a statistic that i read last week that i thought was fascinating. so much of this conversation focuses on big businesses and what their needs are. that is important, but this is also a conversation about american jobs and the overall economy. the s&p did a study by their chief economist last week and said that there estimates show that investing $1.3 billion in infrastructure creates 20,000 u.s. jobs and adds $2 billion to real gdp with potentially larger gains over the long term. if we could, starting with jay, give us your thoughts on what infrastructure needs for jobs first and then the broader economy. >> thanks, and it is great to be here with such a diverse group of people. it is great to have tom kick this off as usual. tom gave us some good things to think about and has really presented a challenge as we all know it here. the fact that we are so diverse and that the sponsors are so diverse, is a testament to the fact that we can get something done here. e

we also have jay timmons. smith.h wince- nancy mclernon. thank you all for being here. let me start out with a statistic that i read last week that i thought was fascinating. so much of this conversation focuses on big businesses and what their needs are. that is important, but this is also a conversation about american jobs and the overall economy. the s&p did a study by their andf economist last week said that there estimates show that investing $1.3 billion in infrastructure creates 20,000 u.s. jobs and adds $2 billion to with potentially larger gains over the long term. if we could, starting with jay, give us your thoughts on what infrastructure needs for jobs first and then the broader economy. >> thanks, and it is great to be here with such a diverse group of people. it is great to have tom kick this off as usual. tom gave us some good things to and has really presented a challenge as we all know it here. the fact that we are so diverse and that the sponsors are so diverse, is a testament to the fact that we can get something done here. andn, it is about jobs manu