my colleague here is director of economic policy studies here in the john g searle scholar at aei. mike oversees the broad portfolio with his work and economic policy, financial, poverty studies, tax policy, energy economics and health care policy. mike worked at the census bureau. we will begin today with john thompson. >> thank you very much, i'm delighted to be here. the five minutes but the census in context to describe the readiness so i'll attempt to do that. i think everyone knows that the census is constitutionally mandated article i, section two, including rear porti of the congress, drawing a big district by cgressiis dts and loca vl districts. that by congressional districts and local voting districts. it is used to allocate over $600 billion a year of federal funds annually. it is essential for state, local and tribal governments to make many decisions. it supports business investment in local communities. and finally, is used to ensure the accuracy of virtually every demographic survey collected in the united states, which would include the current population survey, w