Thank you, Chair, for allowing me the opportunity to speak.
I'm a first-generation immigrant. I had my ceremony around April 1994. That was a good story. When I went to receive my citizenship and take the picture with the judge, there was a gentleman sitting right beside him. He was from Lebanon too. I'd never met the guy before. It so happened that he had my first name and my middle name—the same thing. The judge looked at this distinguished guy and said to him, “Do you think this gentleman is going to be as distinguished as you?” The guy said, “Well, I hope so.”
After the—