analyst included martha roby of alabama and ryan costello pennsylvania as well as loretta sanchez of california and joe crowley. the event was hosted by new york university and the association of former members of congress. >> are right. hello, everybody. i'm patrick egan, professor politics and public policy at nyu. i see a couple stints in the audience. nice to see you here. i'm half of the john bradley center for the study of course i like to welcome you to today's event called congress in conversation, meeting in the middle. heart of the nyu dialogue series. we extend a warm welcome to all joining us here at nyu kimmel center as well as joining us on the c-span which is broadcasting this event life. today, we're joined by four distinguished former members of congress, to make republicans and two democrats. together we will explore questions about partisanship in congress and the recent extreme partisanship estimate the ability of members to serve their constituents. our conversation is very much aligned with the core mission, a core mission of the john bradley center you can what