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comments about what he feels is a return of american manufacturing. we'll hear what he has to say but we're interested in hearing from you about your optimism or maybe not about the future of american manufacturing. here's how you can reach out to us this morning -- host: let's start with commerce secretary's remarks. during a hearing which he was asked about the future of american manufacturing, here are his thoughts. >> after a decade in which we lost six million manufacturing jobs as you know and some of you touched on this, we are now seeing positive momentum in u.s. manufacturin...

and growth between 2011 and 2014. to meet the growing workforce demands the the training in 2006. this partnership called n krrkc impact combines the college systems to form a unique academic industry and government clabtive. the practical impact is that multiple companies have located their facilities in the state at least in part because the comprehensive training capabilities. across the board, site managers from companies like novartis, merck and others are able to fill almost every entry level vacancy from north carolina. finally, how does the challenge from the early 1980s refl...

haven't talked about are e somes, programs that allow workers to cumulate substantial amounts of retirement savings as opposed to other retirement plans. there are studies that show that the value of the retirement accounts of an employee that works for let's say an s-esop, would average $100,000 in 2008. and you compare that to only a $45,000 average with an average 401(k) account. so i think these statistics definitely show that esops have been tremendously successful when it comes to workers saving for retirement. and mr. sweetnam, if i could ask you, should congress make sure we ...

us how you see the opposition? do you see it fragmenting or do you see it coalescing? how do you see this playing out over the course of the next, say, three months? >> in syria? >> yes. sorry. >> that's okay. >> back to the topic. >> you know -- if i could give you a firm answer as to what we saw happening, i probably wouldn't be in this job. i'd be somewhere else. but this is -- it's a tough thing to try to, you know, look at the elements at play here and try to determine just exactly how this will play out. and obviously intelligence has provided its perspective on this. i think t...

that in the suspension and debarment office that i think is dictated by the legislation and makes sense in terms of functions of an sdo official. anybody else? yes, miss hallbrook. >> i just wanted to add that while i agree with inspector general geisel that funding is a critical element to make sure we get started in oversight quickly on a contingency operation i think that the parameters of the legislation that require coordination and coordinated planning and reporting by lead i.g. will be effective as well. as that funding takes a while to gear up at the d.o.d.i.g. because of our...