John W. Hickenlooper: “The nation needs everyone to be committed to this effort because we are in this incredible competition.”

Thank you all for being here and for all your efforts and service.

One of the lowest compensated components of our workforce. At the same time, it is one of the most essential.

I think we're in a global competition in terms of technology and innovation.

I think that is the--even some of the discussions about copper and mining and a lot of these things, we are having to look at them in a new light, and our forests, NEPA, each of these historical, important sets of rules, we have to examine…