rosa, david, lucille, sanford, betty, tim, debby, mike, you have made your mark, not just on your bills and on this committee. thank you for your steady, effective leadership and friendship. kay, i can never ask for a better ranking member. we took turns as chair and ranking member on state and foreign operations and have shown time and again that women get things done. i will deeply miss our partnership and you personally. i would be remiss not to mention former committee chairs nacher, livingston, young, lewis, olby, my good friend rogers, friehling hausen that showed me how to do this job well. none of us could fulfill our mandate without the support of excellent staff. all of the successes i've recounted today are more achievements of many others. to the staff in both and committee and my congressional office, for a year and a half as chairwoman, six years as ranking member and for some, a whole lot longer, i have benefitted immeasurably for your wisdom, counsel, tireless commitment and on more than a few occasions from your technological prowess. one of the benefits of being chair is having the largest and most experienced staff on the hill, from all of our subcommittee