i would like to invite brian whit field down to lead us in the pledge. brian. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and he justice for all. >> you can be seated. thank you for coming out tonight. i know it is a busy night. lots of graduations. there will be people joining us with with us. tonight is a little different because we call it america speaking out. we want to bring greater accountibility to congress and empower the citizens across the united states. we can used 21st century technology to do that. i am going to show you part of that. i have just -- i appreciate. i feel each and every day you have given me the right to represent you. one of the most important things you do is to continue that. we do town hall meetings on a regular basis. i know the last one more than 3,000 people and all of the networks covered it live. in those four years in washington, each year i learned something new. first year i learned that we needed a lot mor