last night, and the time in between, the president was making some sounds that we questioned how serious he could be, if he was saying what he was saying. last night he put forth a letter saying unless we pass the u.s./mexico/canada free trade agreement there was no reason for us to -- we couldn't go forward with infrastructure. we didn't see those two as related. but the fact is hopeful, optimistic and we went in the spirit of bi dfls partisanship to work with the president on this. he came in made the statement that he made which was -- i won't even characterize it. i will say this, and i said this after he left. thomas jefferson, when he was president of the united states, tasked his secretary of the