and so we have been sent by congressman peter roskam a video which is very appropriate because he is the successor to congressman henry hyde. and this is the 40th anniversary of henry hyde's momentous amendment. [ applause ] so we would like to hear from his successor congressman peter ro roskam. he had hoped to be here in person but he sent us a video. >> i'm peter roskam from suburban chicago. and i want to say hello to everybody at the national right to life committee's convention. but i want to tell you a quick story. so it's a couple of years ago, and i'm in chicago, and i've been invited to be one of the speakers for march for life. i'm downtown chicago. it's a cold day. and i got there a little bit early. and i was waiting. just waiting for people to show up. and off to one side there was some abortion protesters. these were pro-abortion protesters, and it was a small group. they looked miserable. their signs said terribly ugly things. and i felt sorry for them actually because they just seemed lost to me. and i was waiting, i began to hear some music. and over the course of t

[applause] so we would like to hear from his successor, congressman peter roskam.e hoped to be here, but he sent us a video because he was unable to be here. >> i am peter roskam from suburban chicago and i want to say hello to everybody at the national right to life committee convention. but i want to tell you a quick story. a couple years ago i'm in chicago and i've been invited to be one of the speakers for the march for life. downtown chicago it's a cold day and i got there a little bit early, and i was waiting for people to show up. off to one side, there were some abortion protesters. these were pro- abortion protesters and this was a small group. they looked miserable and their times said -- signs set terribly ugly thing things and his team t lost to me. i began to hear some music and over the course of the next couple minutes, the music got louder and louder and louder and more and more joyful and buoyant and then all of a sudden around the cornercame thousands of pro-life advocates. they had flags and they were dancing and had balloons coming into the cont