honorable jim justice. [applause] we ve got a lot to talk about tonight. the first thing that i want to be sure we talk about right out of the get go i was early getting here tonight. think about this. we are honoring a great man. i ve got to tell you this, full confession. i was at the mansion. at the last time all of a sudden i get over here and nobody s got it. if we hadn t honored him it would have been a long time so literally it s an honor beyond belief to be with you and there s so much good going on in this state right now it s hard to get it all in. that s all for grace to it. with all that being said, i ve got to say one thing. you know, mr. speaker and mr. president, she s really sorry she couldn t make it tonight but she s going to get popcorn and watch it on tv. [laughter] thank you all so much. and absolutely if i could just say this it s an incredible day to be a west virginia. [applause] i like to always honor the first lady, my daughter jill is with her and m