fionnuala and i would like to thank you again for the honor and the privilege of being here in this historic room at this historic time. thank you for the profundity of your words, mr. president. let me say that i think you two people should know that moneygall is not that far from graiguenamanagh. we've had meetings before in houses at the halfway point, and people would always shake hands and say, we agree. and with respect to the president's comments, it reminds me of what president kennedy said, that this is a time of leadership, not showmanship. so maybe we might get together somewhere between graiguenamanagh and moneygall, if time is appropriate. [laughter] have a little get-together and say, well, we'll sort it out. [laughter] i'd like to say that it's a pleasure to be back with so many of you just before the cherry blossom festival and the actual day of st. patrick's day. the presence of so many of you here in this room speaks for itself on the continuity of what was begun so many years ago. let me congratulate you, paul, on your appointment as speaker of the house. this is a really