member of congress, a generous person hurt the story and offered him an autograph- aaronbat -- hank aaron bat. as a member of congress, you are not allowed to except his worth more than $200, so the government took away his bat again. we cannot replace what was taken away from the young boy, but we do give him something we hope will take its place just a small bit. ladies and gentlemen, i present to you the first ever recipient of the life achievement award for services rendered to the asian-american community and services rendered to our nation. i give to you, secretary mineta. [applause] >> i cannot think of a more appropriate gift tonight than to recede this -- receive this bat. i want to thank everyone for co hosting this event tonight. all of us who have had the privilege of serving in public service have gotten to that point because we were standing on the shoulders of those who preceded us, and i want everybody here, young people, to remember that whatever they do in the future, bring everything you are and bring everything you want to the jobs you are going to be doing. there are trem