This is about an hour. Welcome, friends. Its delightful to be here and we are here tonight in part to celebrate a really wonderful book. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchisons American Hero in the spirit of when and who shaped our history. The country actually. Thinking about this today because if anyone else had written this book, she would have been a chapter here. Thats for sure. Senator hutchinson grew up in texas and graduated the university of texas and law school at a time when law firms simply didnt hire the women graduates. As larry temple puts it back then it wasnt just a glass ceiling. There was a glass door. So she became a Television Reporter before going into politics and after being elected twice to the house of representatives, she was elected state treasurer in 1990 and three years later elective as the first woman to represent texas in the senate. She was elected by the chairman of the republican conference which means she is the only woman among the the top five leaders of th