His speech is about 45 minutes. We have a very very special guest to address this audience, to engage with the governors. And to introduce that guest i am happy to introduce our honorable dennis dugard. Thank you. Before i introduce our guest, secretary acosta, i would like to take a moment to talk about the Workforce Development initiative i began as chair of wga. Western stake, nearly all of us face the challenge of preparing our citizens for workplaces that look a little bit different than i did, started my working career or parents or grandparents certainly. At four workshop this past fall the Workshop Initiative brought together policymakers, busy leaders, educators and others who are working to create more opportunity and strengthen our economies by sharing best practices and discussing common challenges and learning from each other to do what we can to address work force challenges. Every persons Western State is grappling with this. In my conversations with other governors iden