[applause] spin that's been a great honor and privilege of presenting award to dave hoppe. i began my career working on the hill. i had the privilege of working for a short while for a member of congress who ironically is also a member of respectability u.s.a. congressman tony coelho. besides from supporting people with disabilities, i learned the value of building good relationships, affected staff can make a different and what we do. what i meant about you is that you are smart, strategic and a straight shooter. that is something people in my side of defense have always greatly appreciated about folks who work on the hill. building a stronger society with ever more economic and educational opportunities for people with disabilities is the work of a lifetime. dave hoppe is the man who has devoted himself to improving america and advancing the causes he believes by working through elected officials. decades of work in the legislative branch of government has touched the lives of millions of americans. if you don't know mr. hoppe, object value about his work. he brings a wea

there's nobody prouder to bring home a paycheck than dave hoppe. my wife and great go to the bank which is where he has been since high school and they go and take the check in. the tellers on no head and he always gets $2 out for each sunday of the month and $2 out to get us out of because come sunday if you don't take the collection twice come he chases you around the church to give you the second dollar. he also likes to get a drink every once in a while and he can pay for it with his own money. the talents and the opportunity that he has, the mountain we are climbing right now is key. i want to talk about two other things we have to work on. one is that there's so many things stove piped and redo things over here from people with disabilities in things over here for people with disabilities that they have to be combined and we have to find a way to do that. one of the things i want to do working for the speaker is to start looking at that. it's pretty hard to get jurisdictional differences and committees. if you don't believe so, just ask them.