>> i couldn't agree with you more. we lost the manufacturing base in the country. a lot of it is because of labor costs. you know, it's a race to the bottom line. i mean, the overseas labor is a lot cheaper. their work standards are a lot cheaper. their environmental conditions, their standards are a lot less. our trade agreements are terrible. >> my point is, ed, we have to confiscate for that. we want the higher paying jobs here. we have to create a situation with our tax code, our regulatory code and with our energy prices which is very, very important for, number one, not just for energy prices but for jobs because those energy jobs create jobs. you do those three things, labor is only one component. as you know, ed, you were growing up, i was growing up, labor was a big part of the manufacturing bill. it isn't as much anymore. why? because it's a lot of automated -- i was saying it's not as much now because of automation. so we can get both the manufacturing jobs here and the