I want to thank you all for being here today and I am Gregory Meeks, member of Congress and chairman of the Queens Democratic Organization And as just sure you are I am excited about the opportunity to bring many of who judge to queens Let me first just give a special shout out to Matthew Silver State with a district leader with Matthew Speaker A long time person he's quite We understand that we have community board chair and district leader The knees can spit Sky and also the Honorable Scott codes of the district In the Queens County Democratic Organization we're bringing candidates to out coffee to encourage behavior and the electorial process One of our greatest responsibilities as citizens of this nation is our right to vote and decide who sit in the highest office of the Lord like lives President to candidates have a responsibility to understand the needs of and I can think of no better place in America for that kind of engagement than right here in Queens County Queens is one of the most diverse counties in our nation There are over 160 languages spoken through our Barbara reflected University that is key to our city in our country We have racial diversity ethnic diversity religious diversity social economic diversity and ideological diversity and we're proud of this In fact we celebrate it