seventh district, both here in the district office, having continue to serve the seventh district constituency in washington and culpepper, but also my political team. they have put in so much extraordinary work to try and win this campaign. but have done so for the last decade or more. so i want to thank them and -- [ applause ] -- now serving as a seventh district congressman and then having the privilege to be majority leader, has been one of the highest honors of my life. and what i set out to do and what the agenda that i have always said we're about is we want to create a virginia and america that works for everybody. and we need to focus our efforts as conservatives, as republicans, on putting forth