mr. ed deseven. mr.en, supports the vice on recovery efforts omb he lose the white house efforts to make sure the recovery act is plemented quickly and effectively through interagency coordination. this topic is something i'm sure everyone in this room will be interested in. so ladies and gentlemen, mr. ed deseven. [applause] >> good morning. i'm delighted to be here this morning. one of my favorite hotels in washington, d.c., to sho you how old i am, the first time i was here, it was when jimmy carter was talking about whiing inflation now. it was a long time ago. and i lrned much about the power of wall street at that time. i was sitting next to my boss, and, there were powerful people from all over america, mayors and governors and congressman and senators, and there was one fellow, kind of balding and a little bit, a little bit kind of stooped over. he was sitting there. about halfway through, somebody came and gave him a note. and, and he went, he scribbled something on the note a handed it back. an