s navigator program, a program that helps people sign up for health coverage. in hawaii, funding for a.c.a. navigators is a particularly critical tool for outreach to the cofa community. these are citizens of the republic of the marshall islands, the federal rated states of micro-indonesia shah and the state of paloa. cofa citizens live, work, and pay taxes in the united states but a face significant health challenges and a difficulty in accessing health care. under current federal law, cofa citizens are ineligible for medicaid. they are, however, eligible for subsidized health coverage under the a.c.a. this is where the navigator program comes in. this program helps our cofa citizens navigate the enrollment process in their own language and helps to ensure they have access to the health care that they need. without access to the navigator program, the already-underserved cofa citizen community will face new challenges in accessing the care that they need. and last month the trump administration joined texas and 19 other states suing to invalidate the a.c.a.'s core protections for americans with preexisting conditions, illnesses like diabetes, asthma, or cancer. if the president and texas prevail in th