on december 15th none other than senator charles grassly took to the senate floor and delivered it. he didn't just put it in the record. he delivered a speech which devastates every single legal argument that his republican colleagues from the 26 states are making about the medicaid expansion. for all the reasons that i'm going to identify. and for all the reasons that those who support the medicaid expansion in court adduce. senator grassly said among many other things i'm going to quote a supreme court ruling in favor of the states will necessarily bring into question every agreement between the federal government and the states where the federal government conditions 100% of the federal fund on states meeting requirements that are determined in washington. now laws within the cross hairs of that forecast would include not just the expansion of medicaid, but all of medicaid. it would include all federal aid to education programs and all requirements that are tied to those programs. that would mean for example, title six of the civil rights act which requires recipients of federal