jared pollock, c.e.o. of third street family health services, my hometown of mansfield wrote, it's nearly impossible to make sound strategic decisions for our organization without the security of our funding. we're always told both sides of the aisle love community health centers. we need them to show it with funding. that's exactly right. i have heard my republican colleagues talk almost ad nauseam about how much they like the children's health insurance program, how much they like the community health centers, and i think they really in their guts do, but then senator mcconnell and the republican leadership let them expire on september 30. did nothing in october, nothing in november, nothing in december. did a tax cut for the rich. we know that. bu but didn't reauthorization didn't provide significant predictable, sufficient funding for the community health centers or the children's health insurance program. a week ago finally we did the children's health insurance program, but we've left hanging the com