understand that you have heard from or going to hear from anthony foxx and jeff sykes, but i would like to get to the point with you. as i said backstage with don the idea that there is actually a debate in washington on capitol hill as to whether or not we need to invest in infrastructure is mind blowing. i have been here a long time. i understand the need for debate as to how to pay for what we need to do. i do not get the debate about whether or not we need to significantly invest in our infrastructure. 6.5 years ago, the economy was in recession. just short of depression. and even before then, the middle class was getting clobbered. the operative word that everyone heard constantly was "outsourcing." and top-down economics governed our policy. when we entered office, we knew there had to be drastic changes, and we made them. very unpopular changes. the recovery act, almost $840 billion. every outside expert looked at it, less than .4% of waste or abuse in application of the legislation. tarp -- if you want to talk about the hardest vote any member had to take, it is to bail out the