to jennifer schneider and paul martti -- paul murray, for everything they did to keep the trains running. keeping us all organized. betty morris, nicole -- i thank you. you are the kinds of folks to make coming to work every day a pleasure. i am deeply indebted to all of you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. some may tell me this is inappropriate, but i would like to offer a round of applause for commissioner copps and commissioner mcdowell. [applause] i would like to associate myself with the eloquent comments of my colleagues about each other. i expressed no view on their comments about myself. i have a great respect and admiration for both my colleagues and their service to this agency, in a particularly thanked commissioner copps for his service as acting chairman. our country is enormously fortunate to have two such extraordinary public servants at the fcc. i would also like to join them in thinking the commissioner for his years of public service. though he is no longer a commissioner, he will always be part of the family. i wish him all the best with his nomination to the wo