Chris

And I'll be quick.

V, R, W, I love you guys.

I'm proud of you guys.

Keep working hard.

And I love you guys.

Great show.

Have a great day.

Congressman Walls was one of the first members of Congress that I ever sat down with as a new advocate.

I eventually became a lobbyist working for a major veteran service organization.

And Congressman Walls was the lead sponsor of, I think, every single piece of legislation that I ever passed into law.

And I sat down with Congressman Walls not knowing what to expect.

He was a command sergeant major.

He was the highest ranking enlisted service member ever to be in Congress.

And I had left the military in a, in a less than nice way.

I left with a bad paper discharge and everyone of a much higher rank that I had up to that point, uh, in like, I don't know, 2008 or 2009, uh,

had uh had basically discriminated against me was like oh you got bad paper like you're not a real vet and i sat down with with congressman walls for you know what i expected to be a maybe five minute like say hi shake hands and he walks off kind of session and i i think we were probably together for closer to an hour

And I could tell, not just from the time that he was spending with some just random vet who randomly knocked on his door, I could tell that he cared not just from that, but from seeing his eyes well up, as I described my story.

And that is exactly why I was so damn excited to see him

get the nomination or get picked as VP.

It breaks my heart to see what you and your family have gone through, especially recently, because I know the goodness in your dad's heart.