Hi, this is your congresswoman, █████████ at ███████████████████████████████. Holding a telephone town hall right now to answer your questions and address your concerns. You'll be able to ask a question by pressing Star three at any time during the call. Just stay on the line. The call will begin momentarily. 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. Out in our town. Not today. And I came back. And I also came back with a cold. So I will just warn you, I'm not ███% at the top of my game, but this is important. So I wanted to continue. Now, one reminder, and I'll remind you again at the end of the town hall. If you need help with the federal agency, Social Security, the va, Medicare, irs, Homeland Security or ice if you need a passport. Call my office. We can help you navigate the federal system, cut through red tape. We've already helped thousands of Oregonians recover benefits, get back tax refund. S and solve problems. This year alone, my team and I got $███ million returned back to constituents. From federal agencies that they were not able to get through to. So know that we're here. I have an incredible staff of people who really, really like to help and are good at what they do. So with that, I want to hear your questions. And again, I just want to thank you. For joining us tonight. Well, thank you, Congresswoman, for those opening remarks. I know some of you have just loaded into the call. Just as a reminder, if you would like to ask a question at any time, go ahead and hit █████ and we'll get you in the queue to ask a question. Our first caller is █████ from ████████ who has a question regarding █████████ and what's going on there. █████ from ████████, you're live on the line with the congresswoman. Hi. I just wanted to ask. I'm really concerned about what's happening within ██████. It feels like we're getting really close to war. And like we don't have any say in it. I was just wondering what you thought about that situation and what can be done to prevent this. █████. Well, thank you. This is something I'm really concerned about as well, you know. The president unilaterally decided to effectively start a war with Venezuela, and you gotta ask yourself, Why? First of all, if the president was going to declare war, That power belongs to Congress and he should come to us. Second of all, they have blown up boats and killed people. Saying that these people are bringing drugs to the █████████████. There is no credible evidence of that. and you know they could be fishermen i mean they could be drug dealers we don't know that's why we have due process so i think