we understand the value of employee is being hurt when they have differences with their managers. joining us tonight are all 22 of our commissioners. i m very grateful for your hard work on behalf of the state of tennessee. i think it is worthy of mention in 22 of them coming from diverse backgrounds from having a wide variety of responsibility all 22 have said the most critical thing we can do to make state government operate more effectively is to address our unemployment system. well, last year we faced a budget, we face a tough budget when we had $1 billion less to work within the prior year. but you, the house and senate members in the chamber can together with a irresponsible realistic approach and made the tough decisions the were necessary and passed the budget unanimously. we have good news this year. revenue collections continue to be encouraging. for 16 consecutive months we ve seen total tax collections coming stronger and projected over the previous year. our cha