mr. cleaver: i will. mr.you brought up infrastructure and that's an important conversation. you served eight years as a mayor of a major city. would you speak to the importance of infrastructure and what it can mean to job creation and economic development in communities across america? i'm from a rural community, i have 88 small cities and towns in my district and they don't have access to money to build infrastuckture. the infrastructure uh bank you made reference to would bring new life to rural communities. i know you served as a mayor. talk about the relationship between infrastructure and job creation. mr. cleaver: what is generally said is that you get 4-1, jobs to money spent, if we do an infrastructure project and those jobs are long lasting. most of the infrastructure in this country is in decrepit condition. most storm water suers in cities around the country are over a century old. our roads are collapsing, our bridges are collapsing, we saw in minnesota two years ago what happens when we neglect

mr. chairman cleaver and brother pane for all that you do each and every day. thank you, dr.tt, president and c.e.o. of the c.b.c. foundation. and all of you for your outstanding work with your internship program which has done so much for so many young people and i had the chance to meet some of the young people backstage. an incredible unbelievably impressive group. you know, being here with all of you, with all the outstanding members of the congressional black caucus reminds me of a story that one of our friends, a giant of the civil rights movement, reverend dr. joseph lowry told one day. dr. lowry, i don't think he minds me telling that he turns night in a couple of weeks. [applause] he's been causing a ruckus for about 89 of those years. a few years back, he and i were together in brown chapel, a.n.e. church in selma. [applause] we have some selma folks in the house. [applause] and dr. lowry stood up in the pulpit and told the congregation the story of chad rack and in the fiery first, you know the story. it's about three young men bold enough to stand up for god. even