i want to thank cabinet members and the executive team including brooke wilson who have done so much to -- for our priorities. thank you for taking on our biggest challenges and to address the most important issues are state faces. we have been through extremely difficult times in recent years there he the fear and uncertainty of the covid pandemic, the devastating losses of the wildfires on maui, our long road to recovery and healing from that day, so many things. by uniting as one we found the faith, hope and strength we needed to rebuild. today i'm incredibly proud of our state and people for the way we come together to support each other through these enormous challenges. i'm proud to report to all of you the state of hawaii is strong. two years ago i came into the governor's office after attending hundreds of stories, community meetings across our state, having thousands of conversations with people from every walk of life. the people of hawaii wanted to see real results on issues our state has faced for years, that only seemed to be getting a modicum of progress or getting wors