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Of the sanctions it was a cig nif event for the United States as well. I would be happy to entertain questions on that when we get into it. So, theres been an awful lot of listening thats gone on. And what i would say is its broken down into a couple of themes. The first theme being this theme of balance finding the sweet spot. As ive said ive spoken to an awful lot of groups similar to this diverse groups, brookings tends to have a very balanced view of things more centrist so perhaps this program resonates. Weve tried to make it a balanced program, to try to reflect all the needs that are go...

In the United States, the United States government does not own industries. Now, some of the industries that are represented within the aec from other countries are at least partially or wholly owned by if state. Theres a state interest in having those countries in there to be able to develop things within the arctic. We took a different approach. First of all, because of our culture, once again, our government does not own industries. Secondly, if we start getting too close with industry, you start running into federal Advisory Committee rules that have to be complied with. So our choice, whe...

The other thing that weve started doing is we call it moral monday iowa. And i believe it started in one of the carolinas. By right. With the naacp. But we just stole the idea. So every monday at noon before we gavel in at 1 00, we have a gathering that draws a lot of press and a lot of advocates, and we talk about an issue that were not getting any legs on. So weve had moral monday iowas on date rape. Weve had moral monday iowas on disparities in education and prisons. Weve had moral monday iowa on education spending, and next week were having it on womens health. We get these huge crowds. We...

The number of people who turned 65 a day, and will for the next ten years, if you havent googled it, google it it will blow your mind how many of us there are. And im one of those. And they tell me all the time, we want transit because we want to age. Were not going to drive for much longer. Hopefully they will but many of them wont. They want to be able to take transit but they want to be technical savvy. They want to pull up the next bus locator and see when the bus comes. Texas is hot. Fort worth is 110 in july and august. And you dont want to stand on the corner looking for your bus. You w...

Chairman of the National Association of governors. Our state Senate Chairman of the National League of legislators. Our chamber of commerce lane beatty has become on the National Board of the chamber of commerce. And our mayor of Salt Lake City is now the president and the National League of cities. And so, we are looked at, i believe, as a state that is well run, knows how to get things done, but recognizes that investment in infrastructure are one of the key pillars to Economic Growth and vitality. So were here today with three incredible mayors that are going to talk to you about their stor...