You hi, this is Congressman Mike Garcia calling to invite you to join me on my live national security focused Teletown hall, which will take place on January 4 at 05:00 p.m. During this Teletown hall, we will discuss the work I'm doing in DC on behalf of California's 27th congressional district to confront the myriad of national security challenges facing our nation, followed by a live question and answer period. Topics that will be covered include border security, funding for Israel, the Ukraine aid debate, keeping pace with China, the fentanyl Cris, and tensions in the Middle east. If you prefer to join using a different phone number, you can do so by dialing 834-25-1491 at the time of the event. And if you have issues with a federal agency, as always, that need to be resolved, please contact our office at 661-568-4855 to stay up to date on my work in DC, visit my website at mikegarcia House. Gov. Or follow me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram at at Rep. Mike Garcia again to join in on this important teleton hall. Just stay on the line and you will be connected to the call. Thank you. Please hold while we connect you to your access live event. The access live event is currently in music. Hold and will start momentarily. Please note this call may be monitored, recorded, or rebroadcast. Good evening, everyone. My name is Liam Anderson. I'm Congressman Garcia's communications director, and thank you so much for joining our live interactive Teletown hall. We host these events to give you a chance to speak directly with Congressman Garcia, and he's eager to answer as many of your questions as possible. Tonight's discussion will focus on the many national security challenges we currently face as a nation, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Iran backed terrorists, horrific attack against Israel, China's increased aggression toward Taiwan, the crisis at our southern border, and more. As I mentioned, Congressman Garcia will take as many questions as possible, but we do have a limited amount of time tonight, so if you aren't able to ask your question, please stay on the line after the event to leave a question or comment, and our office will be sure to respond. You can also press star six at any point during tonight's call to sign up for our weekly newsletter about Congressman Garcia's work in both the district and Washington, DC. That's star six to sign up for our weekly newsletter. Again, thank you so much for joining us tonight, and I'll hand it over to Dirk, our MC for the evening. Good evening, everyone, and thank you for joining. My name is Dirk. As Liam just mentioned, I'll be our MC for tonight. We'll be taking as many questions from participants as we possibly can during this 1 hour event. So if you have a question, you can press star three. At any time, you'll be placed in line to speak with a member of Congressman Garcia's staff. They'll take down your name and question, and then the next time you hear your name, you'll be live on the call and able to ask your question directly to Congressman Garcia. Now, we do receive a lot of questions during our live events, so if we're not able to address your question, please leave a voicemail after the event or contact Congressman Garcia's office. You can find contact information for the congressman.