sailor, governor core bit, governor rein dell, lieutenant governor stack, governor ridge governor schweikererybody who is here the president speaker leader, members of the judiciary. leaders and members of the general assembly. family and friends and above all, my fellow pennsylvanians. i am so thankful to so many people here today that i want to start -- i want to start by thanking governor tom corbett for his many years of service to the commonwealth of pennsylvania. please join me. governor. [cheers and applause] >> next, i want to thank my best friend and wife of nearly 40 years, frances wolf, the love of money life and my best friend frances. [cheers and applause] without her incredible love and support i would not be standing before you today. i'd also like to thank my two daughters, sarah and katie. [applause] so many things. let me say a special thanks to the speaker. for reminding us when he was sworn in as speaker of the house that we cannot take lightly -- this is a quote -- we cannot take lightly the great history of democracy of which we are a part and encouraging, as he said t