these are, these are monies that go to the private sector to build roads and bridges and dams. we need to do that, and we can do that. clean energy jobs. they're changing the face of this nation. we need to do that. i'm optimistic and hopeful that the spirit of compromise that has taken root in washington over the last several days will endure. i hope my republican colleagues will join forces with democrats to put america back to work and not be looking for winners and political parties, but let's start looking for winners with the american people. we've made progress toward cutting the goal. we made progress toward our goal of cutting the deficit spending that we have around here. this nation still faces a jobs deficit as well. there is no issue more important to the american people than job creation. until every american who chooses to work can find a job, our job is undone, so we're going to continue making jobs our number