scott carlson, john tell, jackie, jock steinberger. amelia -- i can't say her last name. and then i also want to acknowledge mark leno's campaign manager who will be coming in as another legislative aid in our office, aaron mundy. [applause] and last but not least wrapping up his business as a small business owner, bar owner, tom te mprano could not be here but starts next week, he will be my third legislative aid. [applause] i am not even going to try to acknowledge ever single neighborhood, leader, c.b.d. head, labor leader, so many folks, the leaders of alice and milk and there are so many fantastic folks in this room, i'm going to stop there. but thank you all for being here to share this special, special day with me. i also have another cheat sheet i have to check. we are so lucky to have an amazing city clerk, angela calvillo. [applause] and her staff, not only the sheriff, deputy sheriff but a clerk office. a day like this is a lot of work and you have been so accommodating to us so thank you all for that. so i wouldn't be here without a couple of folks who are sit

corruption is a big part of that and that extends to scott pruitt, ryan zinke, ben carlson, the mueller investigation, stormy daniels. you see it being used by nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, tom steyer in california in his impeachment campaign and ads associated with that. so i think the larger corruption scandal and sort of picture you can draw for voters, the more republicans will have to answer for it and the more democrats will be able to use that for their side so it doesn't necessarily ending now that scott pruitt is out. if anything, it gets bigger and better for democrats. >> stick with me. joining me on the phone is fred krupp, the president of the environmental defense fund. pruitt is the first epa chief that they have ever called on to resign. they put out a statement saying scott pruitt's reckless tour is over but the damage will be lasting and the threat of additional harm to public health and the environment remains grave. thanks for joining us, mr. krupp. let me get your overall reaction to what's happened over the last couple of hours. >> well, it's definitely a victory fo