Well, thank you for that but lets start things a little more formally if we can. Id like everybody who can rise to rise and lets say the pledge of allegiance. Shall we . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. I want you to know im here because i work for you. [ applause ] and my im not here to lecture at you. My hope is that we all learn something from each other tonight. There is some other people who work for you that i want to introduce to you. Theyre all people who work in the district, in the in pennsylvania in the 17th Congressional District. And i want you to get to know who they are a little bit in case you ever need to call upon them for help. Starting with my district director, mr. Bob morgan. Now, now bob is also an Economic Development specialist and when i first learned about what it is to be a member of congress i learned that