david callaway, usa today, editor-in-chief. adrian garcia. kevin, washington post. alexander,le rodney texas state senator. fitzgerald. skipping over the speaker for moment. bob carden with card in communications and the speaker committee member who organize today's lunch. the senior sector producer and manager of political programming for abc news. and marilyn thompson, bureau chief for thompson reuters. a host and reporter with voice of russia and blocker for the washington post, she the people log. rick dunham, a political reporter with the houston chronicle and former national press club president. [applause] it seems now like the whole country was watching when our guests today literally stood up for her belief on the floor of the texas state house. for 12 hours she filibustered of republican-sponsored abortion bill with turf -- on her feet without being able to sit, lead on her dress, or drink water. that made texas senate -- state senator, wendy davis, and he wrote to liberals and pro-choice activists. she began working after school when she was 14 to help su