thank you. >> thank you, kavita. it is remarkable -- is not remarkable that we are having this event. oftentimes that is a major happening. there are a number of these fans are around washington, d.c. i think what is remarkable is the content of these events. they come asking if we have met our goal for implementation. to deliver what it does promise, but the question everyone today is will this law even be here in two years. or will it be repealed? it is a remarkable law that we are talking about here. but for it even cleared congress, voters in massachusetts took what was from massachusetts a very distasteful step of electing a republican to the u.s. senate in order to try to stop this law. many have enacted legislation to block it before it passes congress. and since obamacare has become law, i should mention parenthetically, that are a lot of people who do not like the term obamacare, they considered to be pejorative. i do not. it is a huge success, the president will thank us for calling it. some have amended th

[applause] >> thank you, kavita. you know, it's remarkable -- i should say it's not remarkable that we're having this event. oftentimes after a major law is passed there will be one year retrospect. there are a number of these events that are happening around washington, d.c. right now. i think what's remarkable is the content of these events. usually the event -- people will come to these events asking questions well, have we met our goals for implementation? is this law going to deliver what it has promised? but the question on everyone's lips today i think at this event and many others around town will this law even beer here in two years? or will it be repealed? i think that -- that points to the fact that this is a remarkable law that we're talking about here. before this law even cleared congress, voters in massachusetts took what was for massachusetts the very distasteful step of electing a republican to the u.s. senate in order to try to stop this law. 38 states had introduced and 2 states had enacted legisla