state representative chris hall joins me for an update on the top issues still facing the iowa legigislature. in siouxland" with tim seaman. >>> we're back witith more "this weeksiouxland" with tim seaman. >>> welcome back. we're going to turn our attention to politics here in the state of iowa and most importantly at the statehouse in des moines where one o our local representatives has been able to join us, chris pal. >> great to be here. >> let's talk about medicai the federal government in thepast few days gave its approval april 19. the rollout will begin. your thought have you seen somome good signs since we had this discussnn with problems -- [ indistinguishable ] >> wel i think we've started to get more answers.. we're seeing that a lot of provers, whether it's hospitals or private companies have beg to sign contracts with these managed care companies, and so knowing that the federal government has approved those contracts and we're going to move forward on april 1st dust give you some i think fromere forward we need to be discussing oversight -- it's a huge contract that's $4.2 bill