members of the congressional delegation from up this way, paul tonco, chris gibson, and richard hannah are all here. attorney general eric sneijderman is here. the outstanding mayor of schenectady who flew up with me, he was on marine one, air force one, he looked like he was having a pretty good time. brian san franciscoton is here. and from albany, mayor jerry jennings is here. thank you. now, jeff thank you for the outstanding instruction and thank you g.e. it's great to be here. i just had a chance to see some of the high-tech steam turbines and all kind of fancy stuff that's being made here, being manufactured here at this plant. and it is unbelievably impressive. part of a proud tradition. because g.e. has been producing turbines and generators here for more than a century. a lot has changed. we've seen the way our economy transformed by rising competition from around the globe. over the years, in the wake of these shifts, update new york and places like it have seen more than their fair share of hard times. but what has never changed, we see it right here at this plant, we see i