i want to recognize jamie and ruth, cara, and laura, daniel, megan, and adam. for all of the contributions to this successful bipartisan effort. and finally i'd just like to say this is -- as many speakers have said, all charter schools aren't perfect. this isn't the silver bullet. but what we hope to be able to do is to really continue to grow the entrepreneurial spirit of people, young people, across the board looking at our education system, thinking how it can be done better. what are the best practices, what are the indicators of successful schools, successful learning environment, successful teaching environments for teachers, for students, and focusing on the academic achievement and the benefits to the students. and then to be able to share those models across the charter school spectrum, across the traditional public school spectrum so that all of us can learn and benefit from that. and most importantly so we can create those environments where america's children will have the opportunity to have access to a first class education that will serve them t