we also had the issue -- you've heard a lot about the hhs mandate today, our representative debbie lesco is with us today. arizona had for ten year e -- ten years that said if you had health insurance, you had to provide family planning. how many faith-based institutions only serve people of the same faith. we saw an opportunity this year to change it and what the arizona exemption says if you're a religiously affiliated employer you're exempted to provide -- religiously affiliated employers are the articles of incorporation state you're a religious organization. we defined religiously affiliated employers in the law. we had a number of us who do not have a religious belief, for example, on contraception and would say over and over again the government cannot compel anyone to act against their religious beliefs, this was never an issue of access, it was who was going to pay for it but it was quite the debate. you probably saw representative lesco on television with it. to say -- >> we're going live to the alliance for health reform. >> you'll notice that we've configured this to discuss

i'm a legislator in arizona, debbie lesco. i sponsored legislation that allows employers to opt out of the birth control mandate. as you can imagine it was very controversial. the aclu and planned parenthood did a nationwide alert and i was attacked on a personal basis and so were the legislators. we did pass it. my question to you is, is there a network, and i'm hoping that we can form it perhaps today, that state legislators can call upon to help us, back us up because i was attacked in the media and it was pretty brutal and we did a good job of defending it, but it sure would be great to have people like you that would back us up that we could refer the media to. any response? >> one of the takeaways from this knks, we hope, is the beginnings of the network and resource bank that you are describing. for that, see brian walsh for details. >> fantastic. >> yes, sir? >> i'm ted harvey, a state senator from colorado. first off, thank all of you for you efforts in being here and your comments. it was truly a delight to be able t