Social media, now please welcome our host mike allen. Good morning. [applause] good morning. Thank you very much for your Early Morning to all of you who are here and welcome our remote audience. Welcome our friends from cspan. Thank you very much for joining us. Thank the Hewlett Foundation for making this possible bring some california vibe from my native state on the socal but we are very happy to have them here and for those of you for joining us electronically, the axios event team has pulled off a bipartisan breakfast. Theres not a lot of meals in d. C. That a bipartisan, but we have french toast roles that have cream cheese with raspberry dipping sauce. Summoned with sony i should call it freedom toast. Take your pick whether it is french toast for freedom toast. The overnight oats are layered with strawberries and blueberries, just like i make at home. Also red and blue. Thats the bipartisan breakfast, and we appreciate those here who made it possible. So a few, hop on axios. C
For 22 years i have served with you. First, and his team as a delicate. Then as attorney general, and now as governor. While this public chapter of my life draws to a close, ive realized im not the only one saying farewell. Tonight. So tonight i want to say on behalf of a grateful commonwealth, that we all salute the Great Service of our Lieutenant Governor bill bolling, was redefined his office as a jobs creator, a policy leader, and a cabinet member, and presided over the senate with grace. Thank you, bill, for over two decades of outstanding service. [cheers and applause] will probably be fishing on monday. I also want to recognize the Great Service of attorney general Ken Cuccinelli and thinking for solid legal advice, strong conservative leadership and his care for the disenfranchised. I also want to welcome the 16 of Union Members who were sworn in earlier today. And i want to implore you, never forget the thrill of what youve experienced today. Because it will make you a better