work with two wonderful tag team partners and one the former president in the last congress and william timmons, both of whom have been extraordinary partners in the untaking and whose partnership i'm grateful. thank you again and look forward to the conversation and very grateful for the recollect ok nice. l.f.: i'll read this one, former members of congress, the 2022 distinguished service award presented to former members of congress to vice chair william timmons on june 16, 2022. congratulations. >> thank you. >> i'll be brief so we can get started with the conversation. but i want to say one, this is very special to be here, such a historic building and incredible architecture, it's beautiful. it's an honor to be before the former members. i've been working really hard the last 3 1/2 years and doing the best i can to make an impact. my campaign slogan was washington is broken, and i got up to d.c. and was like oh, that was a good campaign slogan, but i still have hope. i served for the first two years with chair kilmer and vase chair graves and they showed me that there is hope. there is ho