we will have mother lorraine mcguire give a statement. mcguire.ine thank you. hello, my name is sister lorraine. the lord has given me a beautiful calling, being a little sister of the poor. we are a group of women who make religious vows to god. and we dedicate ourselves to serve the elderly poor, caring for them regardless of race or religion, offering them a home where they are welcome to christ. they are cared for as our own family. we accompany them until god calls them home. we've done this work for over 175 years. now we find ourselves in a situation where the government is requiring us to make changes in her religious health care plan to include services that really violate our deepest religious beliefs and little sisters. it's hard to understand why the government is doing this. 1/3rd of americans in the country are not covered by this mandate. theere are large corporations pepsi, visa and exxon, that are fully exempt from the mandate. yet we are threatened with fines year.70 million a it's such a privilege. it's a privilege for us to care for the most