moloney? >> thank you. and welcome.. moloney? >> thank you. and welcome.. moloney? >> thank you. and welcome.. moloney? >> thank you. and welcome.s. moloney? >> thank you. and welcome. thank you very much for your public service. in your testimony you had some points, specifically in january the private sector gained over 250,000 private sector jobs. and we've seen over the past 23 months a steady gain in private sector employment. over 3.7 million new jobs gained. i believe your chart that the ranking member pointed out is very graphic. we were losing 700,000 jobs a month when president obama took office. and we have been moving forward with economic recovery. and i thank you for your leadership. really, your brave and innovative heard ship during this time. but we are facing have many, many challenges. including the challenge of the long-term unemployed which seems to persistent and deep and strong. over 40% of those that have been unemployed have dn so over six months. i would like to know if you feel this is trustructural or if you think we can address it with our conditions

trying to get across to members of the democratic party there, nancy pelosi, elijah cummings, and miss moloneye voices and the stories of the women who are affected by the lack of contraceptive coverage and how much this regulation means to all of us and to all of them. and i hope that's what came through in my testimony and i just really hope that people understand how very, very important this critical health care need is. >> one of your criticisms, you said, was that women's health was with being used as a political football, but this is a recess week in congress. this is a hearing by the democratic steering committee, really done for political reasons. do you feel like you yourself have been used as a political football in all of this? >> let me be clear, i don't feel like anyone has treated me as a political football. it was very discouraging to see women's health being treated that way previously, but i'm glad to see that america is paying attention to women's concerns at this point. and if you want to hold a hearing on a sidewalk outside, i'll show up to talk about women's health. so i