thanks to chair brown and richard neal.applause] one of the first things we did was to protect pensions for as many as 2 million union workers as we signed the butch lewis act. the most significant act to protect unions in 50 years. it helped them retire with dignity. just like the social security fairness act. what i'm about to sign, when i came to office and promised i would also protect social security, i never thought we would have to make that promise but we still do. i said that if anyone tried to cut these programs, i would stop them. that is the promise we have kept. even in the face of cutting these programs, i know there is a lot more work to do to improve and expand benefits including those who need it most. to protect social security for the long-term and asking the wealthiest to pay their fair share and so much more. we could not have done this alone. to the people in this room, the people around the country who did the work and kept the faith, thank you. our economy today is the strongest economy in the world.

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represented richard neal on ways and means saying it seems to me they're having a great deal of difficultyterms of sequencing and what they want to emphasize. adding democrats which they held the gavel they don't envy the monumental task of legislation through the budget reconciliation process to circumvent a senate filibuster. politico there if you want to read more about what's expected, the legislative effort on the president-elect's main goals. rick in colorado, republican line. >> i'd just like to comment on the debt and how we got from 32 trillion to now reported to 36 trillion in just a year. when these so-called infrastructure act and these things are supposed to be paid for. i think this just happens over and over again on these bills where there i don't know, fancy math done saying that it will be paid for and the reality is as -- it adds more and more to the debt. so something needs to be done about the way these things are reported in these bills and how they are handled. rick in colorado there. we've been showing you and telling you about former president the series of events