[applause] and finally, i would like to especially thank vikki and all of the family members who are with us today. vicki, this wonderful, wonderful occasion, thank you. [applause] you have done the nation a favor , with a tireless efforts to construct this incredible, incredible chamber, which brings me to some opening remarks i would like to make, with your permission.

loans. >> hi, my name is vikki erickson. i'm a social worker. as a result of certain life situations, it was difficult to pay my bills. i'd actually considered just leaving my home. so i ended up taking on two part-time jobs in addition to my full-time position. i had been hearing about the harp loan. i got online and i submitted my information to the quicken loans link. within a half an hour, i got a call back from matthew shulman. you can just see his personality shine through on how he helped me. i would consider matthew to be a friend. he initially recommended the harp loan for me. and he said, you know, "i'm not gonna give up on you vikki. i'm gonna keep trying to get you qualified." and that's one reason i didn't leave my home. he called me on a sunday and said, "the harp 2.0 has just come out, and you qualify for this. we're gonna make it happen." and within a week, i was signing my closing documents. quicken loans really took in consideration my time. i could do everything over my cell phone. my payment was significa

[applause] and finally, i would like to especially thank vikki and all of the family members who are with us today. vicki, this wonderful, wonderful occasion, thank you. [applause] you have done the nation a favor , with a tireless efforts to construct this incredible, incredible chamber, which brings me to some opening remarks i would like to make, with your permission. like my former colleagues in this chamber, i can remember vividly, vividly 41 years ago when i first stood to speak on the floor as united states senator. i was the least senior senator of not only that your but they told me the least senior senator in all of american history to be elected to the united states senate. senate seniority is based on previous offices you held. i was a county councilman. then it was still a time, and you held the same office with whomever you were elected with that year, because you are usually elected on the same date, and then it got down to the size of your state, and i was from delaware, and it went on that, so you could not get less senior than i was, and as i'm close to speak, i was