since commissioner stansbury is not here, we'll just accept it as submitted. public comment, please. >> clerk: okay. public comment, please. moderator, are there any callers on the line? >> operator: madam secretary, there are no callers on the line. >> clerk: okay. public comment is closed. >> item 15. >> clerk: item 15, discussion item, 2021 review of economic assumptions negative sign yo tests. >> thank you very much. i do ask commissioners to ask questions at any time leading up to the november meeting, and bill, do you have the -- there we go. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. given the hour, i'll move through this very quickly. let me know if there are any questions. we had presented information back at the august meeting. the updates here first in terms of the projections [indiscernible] which added to about $1 billion in assets compared to these finer projections, so we're looking at slightly better results and slightly higher funded status endings projections. in our august meeting, we had recommended reduction in the discount rate and look

stansbury, i inform the house that ms. stansbury will vote yes on h.res. 716. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? ms. kuster: i inform the house that ms. pingree will vote yes on h.res. 716. and as the member designated by mr. pappas, i inform the house that mr. pappas will vote yes on h.res. 716. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? ms. clarke: madam speaker, as the member designated by the chairwoman carolyn maloney of new york, i inform the house that mrs. maloney will vote yes on h.res. 716. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. joe neguse of the second congressional district of colorado, i inform the house that mr. me guse will -- neguse will vote yes on h.res. 716. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> madam speaker -- mr. beyer: madam speaker, as the member design

joining me now new mexico democratic congresswoman stansbury, a member of the natural resources committeeyou for being with us on what i know is an end of a busy week and the beginning of what promises to be a busier week. your sense of where negotiations will go understand everyone returns on monday? >> yeah. thank you so much for having me on tonight. it is a real pleasure to be here. this last week we made real progress. i know at the national level and the media it is debated how it all proceeded but i feel confident that we're going to get these two packages across the finish line because as the president told us when he visited our caucus yesterday this is what he campaigned on. this is what we campaigned on. and this is what i personally campaigned on as the newest member of congress who ran in a special election in june. this is about passing infrastructure and creating jobs and about passing the most transformational package since the new deal. universal pre-k. expanding the health care system and taking climate action now. and i know that the president and our caucus and all of

stansbury: thank you so much. i see, mr. chairman, i am out of time, what i just want to say i am really grateful that we have mr. vigil here today, who is such an incredible resource, and make sure our tribes have a seat at the table as we are protecting our water rights for our communities moving forward. we are grateful to have you here today as well. thank you so much. chair huffman: thank you. we are going to continue this new mexico thread here by recognizing congresswoman fernandez. >> are you getting an echo? chair huffman: i love the sound of your voice, but we are hearing it twice. [indiscernible] >> is this better? chair huffman: yeah, the audio. it sounds pretty clear. go right ahead. water is life. earlier this year i did a tour in my district. i heard from farmers and many more. at each stop local leaders told me about the impact of water supplies and the climate crisis has on their communities. something that resonated is the importance of people of tribes being talked to before things happen. we seize water f