this community and for our entire country. after years of shut-downs and cutbacks, today the blast furnace here in granite city is blazing bright, workers are back on the job and we re once again pouring new american steel into the spine of our country. [cheers & applause] i want to thank secretary ross who is here with us today and secretary acosta. they ve been fighting for your jobs, for our jobs for a long time. we re also joined by the three true friends of american steel workers, representative mike fost, rodney davis and john