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congress proved less popular than head lice, colonoscopies, and nickelback, which had to hurt. [laughter] maybe congress deserves some of the disrespect it gets when you think of how much power of the first branch is ceded to the president over the years. is it surprising that the public holds it in such low esteem that it has come to think that it is a loud and useless performative debating society that is not even good at debate. there is more than a little truth to that. if part of your -- folks want to be popular, part of your status involves being with -- being part of a respected institution, that argues for some degree of self interest in helping congress get its groove back. we know it would do the rest of us some good. maybe he would even new members of congress some good. -- maybe it would even do members of congress some good. with that, i will sit down for the question-and-answer period. [applause] >> for the q&a segment, i have my handy dandy ipad, where people have been cementing questions--submitting questions vbia online platforms. online audience, keep that up.