pleasure to introduce to you the senior advisor to the president on infrastructure former mayor mitch lander. [applause] >> >> good game last night. [applause] [laughter] i was going to say who dat. next year. anyway it is grit to be with you. rudy, thank you very much for this kind introduction. i would in the be able to go become to my office if the white house if i did in the at the out set say thank you to the men and women that actually dot w. union labor that is rebuild thanksgiving country row. you heard the president say many times that the middle class built this country and union labor built the middle class. rudy, thank you everything for what you do and the men and women who put the hands on that bridge and actually help lift up our lives every day. it is important. the president of the united states when hoe is panning out what he will say. mr. president, you going to such and such a place and doing such and such. tell me who the folks are on the grounds working the men and women theory in the crane i want their anymore and where they work and when they do. i'm. met a gentlemen

mitch speak as couple weeks ago. just having somebody walk through how you are tackling interaction on the federal side i think will be really helpful. questions to call claire landersrom metlife. they've really played an important role in bringing the interagency together again thoughtful. we are trying to do better but we have a long way to go with a better understanding when the department of congress is digging up to put down fiber line, when can we go into be helpful there? a lot of it is about permitting performed make sure were being as thoughtful as we can within the department wewe try to impre the system might second stance at the department. our it abilities are substantially improved internally we have ability to turn out where dollars are going so we can make better decisions about how to coordinate those funds. the bigger the project the more tender loving care gets from our team. our highways administrations are good example of that creatinghwa risk matrix in figure how much resources need to be put on it. and depending upon how many modes how can we simplify the processes. it is hard and diane has a lot of experience working with us. when you have a