Hello, this is Congressman ██████████. I am calling to invite you to participate in a live toll free town hall meeting over the telephone. If you would like to participate, please stay on the line and you will automatically be connected. I look forward to addressing many of the issues facing the nation and answering any questions you may have. If you have any questions after the event or if I can assist you in any way, please call my office at ████████. To be added to our do not call list, please press 2 now. Thank you and welcome to my telephone town hall meeting now in progress. You are joining a live conference already in progress. Please be aware that your local phone company may leave your line open for up to ██ seconds after you leave the conference. If you would like to ask the speaker a question, please press 0. So ██ votes have said people are not going to be paid, air traffic controllers are not going to be paid. The military is not going to be paid. Now, President █████ has redirected some money to pay the military and other offices, but frankly, those funds are limited. They cannot continue for a long period of time. That's a great question and a fundamental question and I really appreciate it. Okay. And our first Social Security question tonight comes from ███████ and ████. Why is there a ██% tax on Social Security and will it be refunded next year? The vast majority of Social Security recipients will pay no tax on Social Security this coming year because of the working families tax cut. I was proud to support that. That was one of those add ons that we put into the bill. No tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security for the vast majority. And for the very wealthy that are getting Social Security, that may still pay the tax. But for the vast majority, I think they talk ██% of Social Security recipients will not pay tax on Social Security. It's a great question and I really appreciate that question because it's so important for our seniors because we have many seniors that rely on their Social Security check to tide them across. So thank you for the question. Okay. And █████ in ████████ would like to know what is the status of releasing the Epstein files? That is a question that is kind of bubbling along. There are enough votes right now minus one for it to be discharged. And the one is apparently the member of Congress that cannot be seated until the shutdown is over from ███████. Now, the Oversight Committee. There are two parts to this question. One, one is the resolution. That is the discharge petition, which is the one I was talking about. The other side of the coin is the Oversight Committee is doing yeoman work on this, and they are releasing, I think they're.