along with of course my conduct as chair of the asian pacific american congress and congresswoman glossal whitson chairs the hispanic caucus, we are working on healthcare disparities bill, closing the disparities, and you know the problems. you would knowledge them, but i am wondering in this overall healthcare debate that is taking place, we don't hear much in the debate about this being a critical element of the healthcare reform package, whatever package we come up with so i went to raise that with you because i have raised this with the white house several times in just know that in this debate, this is got to be front and center for many of us because our communities of course are the ones to are you know, the unfortunate beneficiaries of the terrible beneficiaries of these disparities. secondly, with regard to single-payer, i note the realities of single-payer as it relates to what ultimately will be the type of healthcare package that we come up with, but i hope that single-payer is on the table for discussion. i don't think we need a healthcare reform debate without looking at all of the