to her left is representative jessica jessica farrar from texas. ms. farrar is currently serving in district 48. she was first elected in 1944 at the age of 27. she is a long-serving hispanic member in the house of representatives. she currently serves as a member of the state affairs committee. rep farrar currently serves on the state committee and serves as its chair. i'm going to hand it over to dave to talk about what's happening with the american worker in the state and some ideas that cap has for how to advance this middle class working class agenda in the states. >> great. thanks, nick. do you want to join us? >> yeah i'll be there in a second. >> thanks very much for letting me sort of, i think frame this discussion, because what i want to focus on is why we are