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00:00Suppose somebody wants to write a book about you and say, here's what what would you say that you feel you've accomplished or what would you like to have is your legacy? I'm just reflecting on your question and how boring a book it would be. I guess I would say two things. One is I think that we are in a position where we could actually demonstrate that for the United States doing dedicated public investment over the long term in areas of high productivity research, semiconductors, infrastructure, clean energy, manufacturing, showing that we can actually do that in a way that changes the trajectory of the economy is something that I would love to be part of demonstrating and part of associating. The second thing for me is I think that one thing that I have tried to do and I think we have tried to do is to say that we're going to have an economic policy where accelerating the clean energy transition is at the core of our economic policy. It's not that we have an economic strategy and then we think about climate change and clean energy policy. It's actually at the core. I think we are doing that effectively doing that. And that's certainly something that I hope sustains across time. What is your career advice about how best to prepare for this kind of job? I would say a couple of things. One is. I can't encourage strongly enough people. Anybody who has any inkling toward public service to run toward it and and engage in it. It's incredibly important at this point in our country right now to for more people to serve. I think the second is, particularly if you're interested in getting into policy, as there are probably elements of that that are also true in the private sector, too, which is, you know, be humble, be willing to work a lot and be willing to both not have any expectation or sense of entitlement, but also have a lot of aspiration and willing to step to the table.

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