mr. cassidy, we want to get his questions in before we leave. but we've talked about competitiveness. we've talked about insurance technology, and mr. lubrano, you just touched on that a little bit. also, and what i would like to know is from each of you is number one, when you look at that bottom line, and as you said, you've had some tough years, and we're learning to do things differently in our u.s. manufacturing base. when you look at your efficiencies, what percentage of your product, of your profit are you attributing to the use of new information technologies? and then secondly, as we look at spectrum, and of course we're trying to get more spectrum auctioned so that you can use more of these technologies, how important is it to you to have more spectrum available for use of these new technologies in the marketplace? and i will yield back my time so that mr. cassidy can answer and you all can respond to me in writing. but thank you again for your participation with us. >> thank you. to clarify, the gentle lady is only asking for responses in writing. okay. so i recognize dr. ca

mr. cassidy, we want to get his questions in before we leave. ut we've talked about competitiveness and, mr. lubrano, you just touched on that a little bit also. and what i would like to know is, from eachover you is -- each of you is, number one, when you look at that bottom line, and z you said you've had some tough years, and we're learning to do things differently in our u.s. manufacturing base. when you look at your efficiencies, what percentage of your product, of your profit are you aticketting to -- attributing to the use of new information technologies, and then secondly as we look at spectrum and, of course, we're trying to get more spectrum auctioned so that you can use more of these technologies, how important is it to you to have more spectrum available for use of these new technologies in the marketplace? and i will yield back my time is so that mr. cassidy can answer and you all can respond to me in writing. but thank you again for your participation with us. >> thank you. to clarify, the gentle lady's only asking for responses in

mr. cassidy can respond and you correspond to me in writing. thank you for your participation with us. >> response is in right thiwrit. we are crunched for time. >> give me the hook. in how natural gas lower input costs and improving the robustness of our manufacturing, contributing to tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs. president almost demagogued the issues. suggests we can replace the energy with renewals and not have a downside. let me give some statistics. the federal electric subsidies in 2010 for natural-gas is 64 cents. nuclear, $3.14. for sor megawatt power fohour lar. you have the same expansion in manufacturing that we're currently having now. would you challenged that? >> i would agree with you. manufacturers use about 1/3 of the energy in this country. we have to process metal and it is critical to our process. we need a comprehensive energy strategy which includes oil, gas, coal, and you can throw in some of the others, so lar. >> the input costs would be too high. >> there would be way too high. if we had to pay that, we wou

cassidy for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. secretary. i have a price waterhouse cooper article which speaks about the availability of shale gas has been tremendous in terms of jump-starting manufacturing. lower feed, stock and energy costs could help reduce natural gas by almost $12 billion annually through 25 and that because of that, there may be one million more workers added in 2025 in manufacturing. really tremendous. now, my concern is if we take john marshall, the power to tax is the power to destroy, the president's insistence upon denying energy companies the same manufacturing tax incentives as other manufacturing companies, does that denial of a section 199 for an energy company imperil our at least potentially harm the manufacturing renaissance we're joined because of the work these energy companies are doing? >> let me address the energy and then i'll do what i can on the tax. i am not an expert. the tax is really done out of the u.s. treasury. not the u.s. congress. >> it's so interrelated to the ability of a manufacturing

mr. willard scott. hey, uncle willie. >> we've got birthday buddy wishes from florida. check the list and you can see for yourself. i like this man. this is the lovely rosco cassidyening he has a little shot of bourbon. that's where they invented it, kentucky. did you know that? freda popky, wilkes-barre, pennsylvania. she's 104. loves to argue politics and cook traditional jewish food. and we have gilbert herrick, rochester, new york, 100 years old today. an excellent painter, and he just got married at 99. a lot of guys would like to. hattie goldsmith, from greenville, south carolina is 104 years old today. the oldest member of her church. they all love her down there. love her to death. helen turner has a great name, turner, linwood, new jersey, is 105 years old today. wrote a book when she was 100. and now she's going to write a sequel. how about that? an active lady. and willie elliot, good old william is from philadelphia, pennsylvania, home of the cream cheese and liberty bell. he is a proud mail carrier for 40 years. that's it from good old captiva, island. back to new york. >> all right. see you guys at the meeting later. willard, thank you so much. comi