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Thank you everybody for your parks with us and welcome adrian smith with Stephanie Lester of gaap i inc. Thank you for stickg with us for the closing session of the 2024 Washington International trade conference. Were delighted to welcome our final speaker on stage hes a good friend of all of us in the trade and weighs and mean Sub Committee adrian smith of nebraskas third Congressional District which im told is about 65,000 square miles it is one of the largest nonat large districtss in the country bigger thane 26 states if my math is correct. Thank you so much adrian for joining us and stephanie the Vice President of board of directors thank you for joining us as well. Thank you thrilled to be here with you chairman smith. A little bit more about you a little fun facts i its not only large geographically but your district is the number one agriculture producing district by market value right . Right. Few otherg things too. In agriculture well, youre a big nebraska volleyball fan. Tha
Thank you everybody for your parks with us and welcome adrian smith with Stephanie Lester of gaap i inc. Thank you for stickg with us for the closing session of the 2024 Washington International trade conference. Were delighted to welcome our final speaker on stage hes a good friend of all of us in the trade and weighs and mean Sub Committee adrian smith of nebraskas third Congressional District which im told is about 65,000 square miles it is one of the largest nonat large districtss in the country bigger thane 26 states if my math is correct. Thank you so much adrian for joining us and stephanie the Vice President of board of directors thank you for joining us as well. Thank you thrilled to be here with you chairman smith. A little bit more about you a little fun facts i its not only large geographically but your district is the number one agriculture producing district by market value right . Right. Few otherg things too. In agriculture well, youre a big nebraska volleyball fan. Tha
Thank you everybody for your parks with us and welcome adrian smith with Stephanie Lester of gaap i inc. Thank you for stickg with us for the closing session of the 2024 Washington International trade conference. Were delighted to welcome our final speaker on stage hes a good friend of all of us in the trade and weighs and mean Sub Committee adrian smith of nebraskas third Congressional District which im told is about 65,000 square miles it is one of the largest nonat large districtss in the country bigger thane 26 states if my math is correct. Thank you so much adrian for joining us and stephanie the Vice President of board of directors thank you for joining us as well. Thank you thrilled to be here with you chairman smith. A little bit more about you a little fun facts i its not only large geographically but your district is the number one agriculture producing district by market value right . Right. Few otherg things too. In agriculture well, youre a big nebraska volleyball fan. Tha