yitz, maddie, yolaf and in the hallway, camilla. our youngest child hani, who was born a month after i announced for the senate in 1988 is here with her husband daniel and, as you can see, she is now pregnant. next month, with god's help, hani will give birth to their first child, our 11th grandchild. talk about the circle of life. so as i look back to 1988, i know what a lucky guy i am. privileged for the years since then to be a united states senator. and blessed in the years since then to have this miraculously growing family. and first of all, and most of all, i want to thank hadassah and each of our children and grandchildren for the love, support and inspiration that
philbin great years ahead. maybe he and i will be hanging out together a little more now. it was 23 years ago in february of 1988 on a wintry day in hartford that i announced i would be a candidate for the united states senate. standing with me as i began that long shot campaign were hadasa, matt, becka and ethan. today, matt, becka and ethan are here again. this time i'm happy to say with their spouses, leabds, jacob and our ariella. jacob may have just left on child duty. these three couples are now the proud parents of their own children. ten children. six of whom are here today. tennessee, in order of age, tennessee is number one, aiden, yitz, maddy, yojav and in the