[inaudible] it afternoon thank you for being here. Im honored to be here with two leaders in the house, ranking them number on the ways and Means Committee the congressman of massachusetts it will discuss but we know of the republican tax proposal that will hear from congressman John Yarmouth of kentucky, the relationship to these tax cuts the opportunity cost in the budget this something the American People should be aware of. They pay the price for tax cuts for the wealthy. The House Republicans hope to run through devastating and immoral budget to fasttrack their tax plan to hand trillions to the wealthy. Taxes will be raised a middle class families across america especially by eliminating the state local Tax Deduction claim by almost 40 million families. In california there 6 million households use the deduction with an average of more than 18000. This proposal raises taxes on the middle class, borrows trillions from the future to give tax cuts to the wealthiest. 80 of the gop taxc