i ask to n lee: address the house, revise and xtend. 2016, seven years of change you can see and field, i wrote this op-ed. i wrote it in the backdrop of the election of president barack obama. and his opening remarks and inauguration, that said today i say to you that the challenges we face are real. they are serious. they are many. they will not be met easily. or in a short span of time. but know this, america, they will be met. in the years of his service, we did together meet those challenges. his first and most pressing task was to rescue an economy on the brink of collapse, working with the democratic controlled congress, the american recovery and reinvestment act, the stimulus was passed, created 3.7 million jobs. and saved the jobs of millions of teachers, firefighters, police officers, and social service providers. recovery act also cut taxes for working families, extended unemployment insurance, and expanded their earned income and child tax credit. which disproportionately benefit african-americans. it was met. the challenge. so any discussion of any excitement about the wor