as well. secretary ray lahood, our transportation secretary, ambassador ron kirk, who is working hard to get trade deals around the world. our small business administration administrator karen mills, my director of national -- the national economic council, gene sperling is here, and i also want to make mention, fred hotberg our export/import bank chairman, elizabeth littlefield, the overseas private investment corporation president, and i also want to acknowledge a good friend, paul volcker, the outgoing chair of the president's economic recovery advisory board. thank you all for being here. now, tom, it is good to be here today at the chamber of commerce. i'm here in the interest of being more neighborly.