john cummings for all the work they did it in the computer area and the i.t. design, and elizabeth for making sure we stayed on budget. and we did. everybody did a tremendous job. it is an example of how the employees of nectar have excelled at allow us to have this as bardeau. -- as our new home. most importantly, i think mayor newsom for all the work he has done in bringing nectar to this site. if i go back a number of years, when i was a ceo of another company, mayor newsom called me up and said you really should think about moving from colorado to san francisco because we have great opportunities for you. he was absolutely right. we move from boulder, colorado, to mission bay. tremendous success, beautiful laboratories. we ultimately sold the laboratories to merck, and i took over a nectar and essentially got the same call. and appropriately so. mayor newsom has been a visionary. we are here with about 150 employees. we are a growing company. we will be bringing more employees to the site and hiring employees right here in mission bay and san francisco. i

john people. thank you. >> i just thought it tony cummings. he was lurking in the background. we are grateful to him for his interests. we are waiting for the results of the vote. some people are disappointed, because they do not recall, in we make sure everyone is represented in each region. i make a particular effort to make sure there is a gender balance in the debate. if anyone is disappointed, in generally sorry. -- genuinely sorry. >> i think it is fair to say that at a time where some future is certain, a lot of things have to go to them. we have to support them on a week basis. that group at the back to plan everything for us and make our lives d.c., thank you. [applause] >> getas always speaks with tremendous passion and sincerity the great thing about this cause is the labor members, service members, many of them are here today to support you. i think it was shared at the annual meeting of the u.k. parliament the conversation i had with a member of last year before i chaired the debate last year. it would be wrong to name that member. he has retired from the house. i