national alzheimer's association and alzheimer's has affected his wife's family and i'm sure he will talk about that. we welcome you all here. i read your testimony last night and they're great. all your testimonitestimoni s will be made a part of the record in their entirety and i would ask if you would give a short five minute summation of that so we can gauge you in questions and answers and conversations. first we will recognize our former colleague from the house side congressman dennis moore. it's good to see an old friend back from the midwest. dennis thanks for being here and please proceed. >> thank you and good afternoon chairman harkin ranking member miranda members as the committee. as an individual living with alzheimer's disease a thank you for the opportunity to testify before the subcommittee. alzheimer's is a devastating ultimately fatal disease. it currently impacts more than 5 million americans. these men and women are husbands and wives mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers republicans and democrats. i should know, i'm a former member of the u.s. house of representatives and i'm i'm what of them. i was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease almost three years ago on june 1, 2011. i've