i thank, your congressman, lloyd doggett, and his wife, libby, for flying down with me.and i'm glad to see, my dear friend, congressman jake pickle here. i miss you. the attorney general, dan morales. the land commissioner, gary morrow. i thank of them for being here. thank you, lucy johnson, for being here. and. please give my regards to wonderful mother. i. i have not seen her here. there she is. and i have to recognize and. your former congresswoman and, now distinguished professor barbara jordan for, the magnificent job you did on the immigration issue. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. my wife told me about coming so much. i wanted to come and see for myself. i also know, as all of you do that there is no such thing as saying no to liz carpenter. i drag it out as long as i could just to a few more jokes. my fellow americans. i want to begin by telling you that i am hopeful about america. when i looked at in the cabal up here introducing me and i shook with these other young, young students, i looked into their eyes, i saw the american button on that gentleman