 Good afternoon. I'm DAB National Legislative Director, Joy Elum. And I'm Deputy National Legislative Director, Shane Learmith. With us is Representative Mike Bost of Illinois, a Marine Corps veteran who now serves as ranking member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee in the 117th Congress. Today, we're honored to present Representative Bost with DAB's 2021 Outstanding House Legislator of the Year Award. The exemplary leadership and bipartisanship on the Veterans Affairs Committee, as well as his efforts to improve VA benefits and services important to service disabled veterans, their families and survivors. Ringing Member Bost, DAB greatly appreciates your unflinching commitment to tackling a number of key veterans issues which resulted in the passage of the Appeals Modernization Act, as well as the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act in the 116th Congress. You've also championed reform to the Service Disabled Veterans Life Insurance Program, ensured that veterans and survivors receive adequate annual compensation increases, and advocated for changes to the VA's debt collection process. For all of your hard work and dedication to our nation's veterans and their families, we are proud to present you, and personally, from one enlisted Marine to another with DAB's Outstanding House Legislator of the Year Award. Good afternoon, Ms. E. Lim and Mr. Learman, as well as disabled veterans and members, everyone watching this video and virtual meeting. It is a privilege to be with you all today. I hope that we can all meet face to face again very very soon. In the meantime, I'm humbled to be named the DAB House Legislator of the Year, and I want to thank you for the recognition. I appreciate this tremendously. It means a tremendous amount, and as many of you know, this is not my first Congress on the House Veteran Affairs Committee, but it is my first year as Ranking Member. As a proud Marine Veteran, it was an honor of a lifetime to be selected by my colleagues to lead this committee. The DAB has been an invaluable partner the entire time I have been serving in Congress, and I will continue and looking forward to having you work with you as a Ranking Member. I can confidently say that our past legislative accomplishments like the Blue Water Navy and the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act and more would not have been possible without the support of you. Your feedback is critical. That is why I'm grateful for your continued commitment and advocating on behalf of all Veterans, their families, their survivors, especially those from the disabled Veterans community. Without a doubt, there is more work to be done to keep this ship moving forward. This Congress, I want to strengthen services for women Veterans. You're our fastest growing group of Veterans. Find more initiative ways for Veterans to receive mental health. I want to improve the transition from DOD to the VA, and I want to create a pathway to care and benefits for toxic exposures and conduct strong oversight of the new initiatives that we put forth in previous Congresses. I look forward to working with the DAB and our entire VSO community to achieve these goals. Once again, I want to say thank you. This means a tremendous amount to me to have this honor. Thank you. Thank you, Member Bost. Well, we wish we could have been there in person today to present the award. We do appreciate you coordinating with us for this virtual presentation. On behalf of DAV members, our leadership and the entire legislative team, congratulations to you once again on this well deserved award. I look forward to continuing working with you and your staff to ensure more legislative victories for Veterans in the future. Thank you.