ms. kavinoky. on your -- i think in your testimony you looked, and if i've got this right, the construction cost index chart was in your in your testimony. perhaps it wasn't. ok. it doesn't make -- that's not as relevant. it's in somebody's -- big factor material costs are high. there's inflation in that there's a little tick down in the last quarter or so. how can we keep that moving? how can we keep the inflation on material costs continuing to move down? ms. kavinoky: sure, so it was not in my testimony, but we are well aware of construction cost inflation. vulcan has seen higher than expected. rep. larsen: what can we do to keep that little movement -- downward movement going? ms. kavinoky: well, i mean, inflation is a function of a lot of different factors. the international environment we saw when russia invaded ukraine, it substantially increased our oil prices, our fuel prices. i think the more stability you have overall in the system, the global system, the economic system, that's of criti

ms. kavinoky. on your -- i think in your testimony you looked, and if i've got this right, the construction cost index chart was in your in your testimony. perhaps it wasn't. ok. it doesn't make -- that's not as relevant. it's in somebody's -- big factor material costs are high. there's inflation in that there's a little tick down in the last quarter or so. how can we keep that moving? how can we keep the inflation on material costs continuing to move down? ms. kavinoky: sure, so it was not in my testimony, but we are well aware of construction cost inflation. vulcan has seen higher than expected. rep. larsen: what can we do to keep that little movement -- downward movement going? ms. kavinoky: well, i mean, inflation is a function of a lot of different factors. the international environment we saw when russia invaded ukraine, it substantially increased our oil prices, our fuel prices. i think the more stability you have overall in the system, the global system, the economic system, that's of criti

ms. kavinoky. yes, ma'am.present the port of houston where vulcan materials does quite a bit of business. and so we're very familiar with your company. congress should be in the business of supporting our industry partners and not stepping on their toes. i'm sure you would agree with that. can you talk a little bit about how congress should be a good partner, a better partner, if you will, in supporting the aggregates industry? ms. kavinoky: we have been very fortunate to have a good partner in congress for the aggregates industry, whether that is access to aggregates, something called the rocs act that of course we have many of you who have supported, assistance at the local level in ensuring that there is support for quarries in the places or distribution yards as in houston and the place that we need them. and of course we have enjoyed the support of many members of this committee as vulcan materials company with our issue with mexico and the illegal shutdown of our operations there. i think the aggregates

ms. kavinoky. yes, ma'am. i represent the port of houston where vulcan materials does quite a bit of business. and so we're very familiar with your company. congress should be in the business of supporting our industry partners and not stepping on their toes. i'm sure you would agree with that. can you talk a little bit about how congress should be a good partner, a better partner, if you will, in supporting the aggregates industry? ms. kavinoky: we have been very fortunate to have a good partner in congress for the aggregates industry, whether that is access to aggregates, something called the rocs act that of course we have many of you who have supported, assistance at the local level in ensuring that there is support for quarries in the places or distribution yards as in houston and the place that we need them. and of course we have enjoyed the support of many members of this committee as vulcan materials company with our issue with mexico and the illegal shutdown of our operations there. i think the aggreg