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Thank you so much for being here this evening. Its a great pleasure to have you in the house. At the beginning can we please rise for the presentation of the colors and main standing for the national anthem. Music o say can you see by the dawns early light of what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars music back through the perilous fight or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night music mac that our flag was still there osagjose does that starspangled banner yet wave music mac oer the land of the free and the home of the brave [applause] it is now my distinct honor to introduce the United States senator from the great state of arkansas. [applause] [cheering] [applause] and enthusiastic crowd. I was estimating downstairs i believe ive interviewed senator kaufman more than 400 times about weekly beginning in 2010. I want to start the air but in a
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