this race are standing right over there. our son griffin, his wife meredith, and the always lovely sidney. i want to say thank you for being here, too, congressman from south carolina. he's in the room. sam graves is probably over there somewhere. and -- but just some fabulous people. i know anita said thank you to so many of you for being here. general, i want to talk about you specifically just a moment. being the governor of the state, being the chief executive officer, to have a general counsel, if you will, an attorney who is willing to go fight for you. when we had that lawsuit filed against the state of texas about the ten commandants whether or not they could stay on our capitol grounds or not, this man was magnificent. went to the united states