[inaudible] >> con that conference call was amy cramer. she is now the national coordinator of tea party patriots. amy cramer. >> i am so blessed to be here with all much you today and stand before you. you see, i'm no one special. i am your average everyday mom like the rest of you who is tired of seeing what's going on at my government, tired of yelling at my radio and tv and decided to get off my couch and get >> there were about 22 of us that came together. we planned to have a round of tea parties. we didn't know it would grow into what it is today. that first round, we had 50 tea parties across the country. now because of all of you that was your tea party. today is america's tea party. this is the biggest tea party of all. i congratulate each and every one of you. >> when our elected official $were on recess, they were not very hos pit al at these town halls. we are not sure where many of them where. you see in the south, hospitality is everything. we decided to bring the hospital at and the tea party to the capitol. they have no ot

on that conference call was in the cramer, and she is now the national coordinator -- was amy kramer,rdinator of the two-party spirit in the cramer -- of the tea parties. amy kramer. >> i'm so blessed to be here with you today and to stand before you. you say i am no one special. i am just your average, everyday mom who is just like the rest of you, tired of seeing what is going on in government, tired of yelling at my radio, tired of yelling at my television and decided to get off my couch and get involved iand do something. [cheers] back in february there were about 22 of us that came together through a conference call. we planned to have a round of the parties. -- t parties. the first round of tea parties we had 50 tea parties a across this country with 30,000 people in attendance. on april 15, we had 850 tea parties across this country with 1.2 million people in attendance. and that was because of all of you. that was your tea party and today is americas t party. this is the biggest tea party of all. i congratulate every one of you. [cheers] when our elected officials went on rece