it is going to secretary norman manetta, who is receiving this award for many reasons. he is a trail blazer, a man who paved the way for many of us who followed. he was the first asian american mayor of a major city. i'm sorry, mayor lee, but you are coming in third now. he was elected to congress 10 times. he was the first to serve two presidents in the cabinet. it was on 9/11 that he showed us what he was made up. when those planes hit the twin towers, it was secretary mineta who made the call to ground all the planes. he instituted a policy that tsa is following today to ensure that our skies are say. after 9/11, he prevented the profiling of arab-americans and muslim americans in our country. tonight, we honor him and give him this back for a very special reason. i want to thank the san francisco giants for donating a bat autographed by hall of famer orlando said payton. the reason why we are giving thisbat to the secretary is because of what happened to him when he was a young boy. like hundreds of thousands of other japanese-americans, he was forced to relocate in