brian kolb is a good leader. i served with brian for 11 years. when i first met him he was colleague and i supported him to become leader and i knew the type of individual he was and type of individual he is. he is outstanding leader. the fact he listens to the members, whether the newest one that got elected or one been there many years, they have always got brian's ear. he will bring ideas to the conference for the whole conference to discuss. we'll bring it out on the floor. many of you may not see unless you sit in the chamber, a lot of liberal democrat legislation that is proposed has been tempered due to brian's leadership and speaking out and raising his voice on behalf of solid republican core issues. he does an outstanding job each and every day. we should be proud of the conference and brought of its leader, brian kolb. i tell you what, not only refer to him as the leader because he will always be my leader, but