a large share of our were cdbg pervez, hundreds of millions of dollars goes to the rural communities around this country. i was a list in north dakota recently and saw how the flexibility of cdbg funds combined with home funds are helping them meet the desperate housing needs. in williston the of a shortage of people to the jobs because of what has happened to the energy industry and they are desperately trying to build affordable housing and if they've been able to use block grant funds in the communities to be able to do that and we have to keep reminding folks in congress that these funds reach every part of the country, every district, red, blue, everything in between, and so i have seen that as well. finally, i'd seen the way that you have been innovators in connecting the funding that we provide on housing to all of the other pieces that make your communities worked. our sustainable community grant, 170 million we provided last year for the first time as neyer kautz said help to connect housing to transportation in ways that make an enormous difference. i was with the mayor vil