at the end of the table, mark capscott. please give them a warm round of applause. [applause] our guest speaker today is a member of the u.s. house of representatives, representing the 11th congressional district in texas who announced his run to become gop for president of united states this past july. he is known as the intellectual godfather of the tea party movement. our guest has called for a reduction in government that go beyond those advocated by other conservatives. he wants to abolish most federal agencies including the irs and the federal reserve and returned with monetary -- our monetary system to something akin to the gold standard. he has proposed a constitutional amendment that would abolish personal income, state and give texas, and for that the government from engaging in business in competition with the private sector. back in 2002, he was among the six republicans who voted against giving president george w. bush authority to use military force in iraq. he says the resolution was unconstitutional because it transferred the right to transport -- to