mr. reichert. in my written testimony i included some statistics about our growth since 1989 when we first got into the international -- started growing our global network in earnest. our u.s. team member count has grown from 56,000 members to 290,000 members today. it's symbiotic. our global growth and u.s. growth have increased in tandem as our global network is gone. we've seen that with our customers as well. as you point out, 75% of the world's purchasing power is outside the united states today. that's a huge market. and it's increasing. and that seems to me to be something that we need to tap into very effectively in this country to address even some of our revenue issues. >> anyone else like to comment? >> i'd reiterate those comments. we had mentioned earlier our headquarters in dan burry, connecticut, our r. and d is in new york. when we win projects globely, we get jobs here. those folks are working on those projects. it's not -- it's not as good as a project here in the u.s. in terms of