for the commonwealth of vitter. -- more the commonwealth of virginia. in virginia, investment in infrastructure has been something that has alluded us -- eluded us for years. when i was governor, i tried to find funding needs, particularly in northern virginia, hampton roads, and put forward bipartisan tax-supported referendums in hampton roads. a number of years later a subsequent governor, governor mcdonnell, managed to make a down payment on some of the infrastructure needs in virginia but not really address on a more comprehensive way the commonwealth's needs. so i'm going to take a couple moments now and talk about section by section in the -- in virginia what this bipartisan, white house-supported, record infrastructure investment will mean to the people of the commonwealth of virginia. let me start with hampton roads. hampton roads, southeast virginia, the peninsula. it is most at risk from concerns about sea level rise and questions about resiliency. more than any other region in the whole country, with the exception of new orleans. in hampton r