 I appreciate that phone call, but I'm going to have to splatter my back to the back problem. I appreciate that very much. Well, please do, I'm sorry for the occasion. Exactly, exactly. Well, Mr. President, first of all, I'm very grateful for the opportunity to be able to see and talk with you in person. We've had some exchange hands, county officials, that the new federalism initiative not being banned. I know in the old college you needed to be back in late August, and you said that you had not been in it. We're going to continue along the same line, but it is essential to us, politically essential to us, both Republican and Democrat, that we have some dead minds. We enjoyed it too. No, no, I was thinking that. I don't see it. I think. We need a few more students in those years. Actually, this is from that moment to later. That's what happened today. And we ought to put them at the end of the day. Welcome, and I know you're best at things you want to talk about. So who's on first? We'll have Margaret to start on. Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I would like to speak to a very brief overview, very honest analysis of the conditions that were made to be pieces of legislation. And that will always be. I think it's safe to say that we are totally together on one opinion, and that is that the cities are in terrible trouble. And I am personally led by the conclusion, although perhaps some would argue that we're doing better in facing new reductions. We represent some 14%, but we're only the exact same. The budget, and we have 33% of the cuts. And we plenty of us have supported the reductions, the budget cuts to a certain extent because we realize that what's good is good for the cities. Thank you.