entire family, and we thank you for your willingness to serve our country. providing advice and consent on the nominees of the president is one of the most important constitutional powers of the senate and it s an awesome responsibility and one that i know awful us on this committee take with the utmost seriousness. there s no question about your impressive record in the business world, rising through the ranks and then running eu s exxon, one of the largest multinational agencies in the world, and then a view from the suite at exxon, is not the same here. serving the narro market-driven interestof exxon shareholders is not the same as serving the