carol mosley brauhn who was obviously the first african american u.s. senator which is attending, which we're very honored with her attendance. she is on the national advisory board of now and obviously, she ran for president of the united states. so she knows something about running. if you want to go to a mic, carol, could i encourage you to? >> yeah. [ applause ] >> good. right now, she is running a -- she's an expert on food. organic food. and you ought to hear her on this subject. my grandson happens to have this terrible peanut allergy and she was telling us about the food processing. this woman has a lot of hats. been elected how many times in illinois? lots. [ laughter ] >> and she is -- i'll never forget when you first took the floor. this might be a little known detail of why it matters when women are there. she took the floor and she had her pin on. first african american woman to take the floor. and they stopped her. remember this at the door? sergeant at arms stopped her and said she couldn't enter the floor. she said wait a minute, i just