[applause] thank you, thank you. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, ma maam president , Lieutenant Governor earl sears, attorney general mijares, members of our General Assembly, chief Justice Goodwin and justices of our supreme court, members of my cabinet and my fellow virginians, what an honors the to be with you this afternoon. Today we gather in our Common Wealth capital, not as republicans, not as democrats but as virginians and what an honors the to welcome 54 members of the General Assembly that are in their new seats. [applause] and as we open the next chapter, we mark yet another trailblazing moment in the history of the Common Wealth in welcoming the new speaker of the House Speaker don scott. Not withstanding the esteemed body being described as a citizen legislature, we all know its a fulltime job and to serve is both privilege and responsibility, i want to personally thank you and i want to thank your families for the sacrifices that you all ma
The Ramaytush Ohlone have never zeeded, lost nor for goat en their responsibility as care takers of this place. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relative of the Ramaytush Ohlone, and by acknowledging their soverne rights. Item 4, the president s report. Great, nothing to share at this time, beyond comments during the ceos report. Thank you, president torres. Item 5, item Public Comment. It is not appropriate for commissioners to engage in a debate. If you have questions and would like to bring comments to attention, please bring, with that being said, i do have some speaker cards that have been filled out. Would you like to come up for your general Public Comment. And you have two minutes. Speaker through the chair, thank you very much. Im craig, there is been a slight change at John F Kennedy and want to alert you the new officer, im now the president ,
The Ramaytush Ohlone have never zeeded, lost nor for goat en their responsibility as care takers of this place. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relative of the Ramaytush Ohlone, and by acknowledging their soverne rights. Item 4, the president s report. Great, nothing to share at this time, beyond comments during the ceos report. Thank you, president torres. Item 5, item Public Comment. It is not appropriate for commissioners to engage in a debate. If you have questions and would like to bring comments to attention, please bring, with that being said, i do have some speaker cards that have been filled out. Would you like to come up for your general Public Comment. And you have two minutes. Speaker through the chair, thank you very much. Im craig, there is been a slight change at John F Kennedy and want to alert you the new officer, im now the president ,
[inaudible conversations] all right, so before we have the doctor, up to give what will be great keynote remarks, i want to start the morning off with having a conversation with you about something that is near and dear to me as one of those two represents a Success Story of the great specialized care system, spinal cord injury does the system of care. Before i get to exactly what the topic is, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why do you choose to become even. Raise your hand if its money. A bunch of millionaires in here. Social status. Everybody respects about her. Job security. You always have people focus on getting better. If you are a healer, youve got some job security and its probably a combination of all of those. But again, from perspective of the statement, im willing to bet somewhere on the list of what brought you into your discipline was compassion. What is compassion . A feeling of deep sympathy for another whose
Now, federal and local Veterans Affairs officials and Health Care Providers visit the paralyzed veterans of america conference to talk about how to provide better access and specialized care for veterans with spinal cord injuries and diseases. All right, so, before we have dr. Baligh yehia come up and give what will be great keynote remarks, i want to start the morning off with having a conversation with you about something thats near and dear to me as one of those who represent a Success Story of a great specialized care system, spinal cord injury and disease system of care. Before i get into exactly what the topic is, though, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why did you choose to become a healer . Money . Raise your hand if its money. Bunch of millionaires in here, right . Social status. Everybody respects a doctor. Job security. Youre always going to have people focused on getting better, so you need people in those industr