Must do ex parte. If you cannot do ex parte, you can send out a partially filled out renewal form, et cetera. Those are wonderful policy changes, however, since this data is a brand new application, its brand new data points, were looking at tax filing status and all kinds of data we never used before in eligibility, we dont have that in our current data files. Therefore, we must ask the family for that new data. And, therefore, we cant do ex parte for this first year for those folks. So its another challenge for work processes and the workers. But once we get through that, i think its going to be wonderful. Great. Well, we would now like to open this up to questions from those of you in the audience, those of you watching us on line as well as people who might be sending in a question from twitter. We have them roaming around the room with microphones. Please identify yourself first by name or affiliation. If you have a direction for one of our panelists versus another, please do so a
Quorum call mr. Reid mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent we terminate the call of the quorum. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent that at 2 30 p. M. , the senate proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 686, the senate proceed to vote with no intervening action or debate on the nomination, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate, and in a further motions be in order, any related statements be prescriptived in n be printed in the record and the president be notified of the senates action. There be two minutes equally divided prior to each vote. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Mr. Reid mr. President . Were not in a quorum call, are we . The presiding officer we are not. Mr. Reid i yield back all type and ask that the vote start immediately. And all senators should be advised that well drag the vote a little