Hello, this is Congressman █████████████ at ████████████. Please stay on the line to participate in my telephone town hall. Starting very soon, we are going to be joined by a guest to discuss Medicaid cuts made as part of the big ugly bill, including Republican policies that allow health insurance tax credits to expire, leading to higher premiums for certain Americans. I will also tell you about what I am doing in these discussions to fight for lower health care costs for you and your family. If you have any questions, please press star3 to join our conversation. We are starting very shortly. Please stay on the line. Again, this is Congressman █████████████. Please hold while we connect you to your Access Live event. This Access Live event is currently in progress. Please note that this call may be monitored, recorded or rebroadcast. Beautiful children Because I lost a spouse when my children were █ and ███████ old and I understand the suffering and the pain children go through when they lose a spouse or they lose a parent. And I remember the struggles I had when I lost my first spouse. Tonight we are here to talk about health care cost and the looming government shutdown, two issues that will affect every family in ███████. Health care is already too expensive and if the extremists in Congress force a shutdown, it could threaten the care millions rely on. We are fortunate to be joined tonight by ██████████████. She is a policy health policy expert. She works as a deputy director at ProtectOur Care. ██████ is an expert on healthcare access and affordability and I know she will bring valuable insight into how we can fight to protect coverage, lower health care cost, and make sure families are not left behind. So ██████████████, welcome. Thanks so much, Congressman. It's such a pleasure to be here. And so we are going to jump right into your questions. Like we said before, if you have a question, just press Star three. Star three allows you to help ask a question and you will be in a queue a line and as soon as your number comes up you will have an open mic to ask your question. Also, we have a very informative newsletter, our newsletter. If you want to subscribe to our newsletter, which has a lot of information about what's going on in ███████████████ how is that impacting your pocketbook? How is that impacting your health care? So to do that just press Star six and that allows you to subscribe to our newsletter. So █████, we are ready. ██████████████ is ready. We are ready to answer questions from our listeners. I thank our listeners so much for taking the time this evening to join us. We have these conversations very often.