jerry palmer is policy and mr. tom emmer is heading up the nrc. i'm humbled to have the privilege to lead this conference. i will tell you, our number one goal is to get america continually moving forward. we serve in a divided government and divided country. our goal is to unite us back together again and make sure we win the majority back. we know the challenge of what we're working on and wanted to hit the ground running. we know democrats have a plan. they want to disrupt and want to try to impeach and they want to stall what achievements we have been able to move forward. we know america is too great for such a small vision. we will work through every state. we know where we have our challenges to win back the suburban areas and we will do just that. but i truly believe america is and will always be the strongest nation on the face of the earth. now i want to introduce our newest member of our leadership team, our conference chair, liz heney. ms. cheney: an honor to be here and serve on this team. i look forward to being the conference chair