infrastructure in rural america. we need face-to-face conversations where we can have honest conversations where we can agree to disagree but at least start to build some kind of relationship that enables us to understand one another. bill: you make an interesting point. age 29, youngest lawmaker in maine history. well done, congratulations on that. good luck with the book, too, chloe is with us today. thank you. thank you. this is a good report. there is no doubt about it. unfortunately it is not good enough. to change a narrative which has been all about inflation. they are basically saying i don t know if it s a recession or slowdown. i don t care what you call it. what i call it, it is eating up all my salary. bill: u.s. economy adding 428,000 jobs in april marking the 12th straight month of gains but productivity falling the most since 1947. second hour begins right now on