save wherever we can, and my proposal makes some tough cuts, to some worthy programs and services that if we were in better times, i'd continue to fund. but i'll tell you what i'm not going to do. we're not going to reduce the deficit by sacrificing investments in our infrastructure. we're not going to allow our roads and our bridges to grow more and more congested while places like china are building new roads and new airports and thousands of miles of high-speed rail. if we want businesses to locate here in the united states of america, and create jobs here, we've got to make sure that america is built to compete. we've got to have the best roads. we've got to have the quickest frames. we have to have the fastest broadband networks. that's who we are. some folks in washington also want to close the deficit by gutting our investments in things like clean energy or