we also have two congressional couples, congressman don mansulo and his wife freda. and wes and his wife judge deborah karnihan. and they will be joining us tonight. i know both of the couples, and can attest that they are wonderful people and that you're going to have a very interesting evening. welcome. [ applause ] >> so -- let me say thank you. thank you to our wonderful national archive. thank you to the former members of congress. thank you to our former members who are here with us and their spouses. and thank you to the audience for being here tonight. i'm very excited about this conversation. i think we're going to get to share a little bit about something that i believe is really important, which is that politics is about people, and there are people who are doing extraordinary public service, committing time and family and energy to this life of politics and public service. so i think we have a lot to hear about tonight and a lot to learn from these families who are with us. so thank you so much again for being here. so let me share with you who is here on