mr. prime minister, welcome, welcome, welcome. i was reminiscing with the prime minister very briefly before you walked in the door. 25 years ago, almost the day i was standing on the senate floor arguing for the admission of czech -- czech slovakia at the time, and that was pretty good. and we've only grown stronger as the united states and czech republic. together we're deep in defense cooperation and to ensure the safety of our people as well as including the modernization of your military force to purchase an f-35 aircraft and hilos. it's amazing what you're doing. and together we're going to bolster our energy security and expand our clean power. we're going to get to talk about that in some detail a little bit. and together, i can't tell you how much we appreciate your outspokenness and the support of people of the czech republic with defending the people of ukraine as defined by what you've done and just continue to speak out. i want to thank you for helping, prime minister, to hel