my name is kevin rupee. i'm vice president of law and policy for u.s. telecom, the broadband association. our member company represent, you know, traditional wireline, broadband companies from small, rural providers to, you know, some of the largest providers in the country. robocalls has been a priority issue for our member companies, for our association, over the last several years, and i am thrilled to be here. i want to thank chairman pai and acting chairman ohlhausen for bringing this important forum together. and i do want to reiterate something that chairman pai said that i wholeheartedly agree with. this is a joint effort, so this is something that industry, consumer groups, government, we all have to cooperate, work together on this issue, and i do feel having worked on this issue over the last several years, i do feel like there is a tremendous amount of unity with all of those sectors moving in the same direction and in the right direction, and i'm looking forward to talking about everything that's been going on. >> ed bartholomew with call f