billion annually. each state that passes is leaving $5 million in federal funds unclaimed. in the state of virginia where you have a divided government and a governor that has tried to be as moderate as possible out of the gate because he wants to have a positive legacy, what does it mean that republicans in the house are holding on to blocking medicaid funding when it seems democrats have tried every witch which way to compromise on it? >> maybe it means that in virginia the craziness on the national level of trying to repeal the affordable care act and trying to undercut its effectiveness has seeped down into localities and, you know, in richmond in particular, look, we're talking about people who are being denied access to health care. this is the whole point of the affordable care acting is to get those who are uninsured or had paltry insurance to get them covered and to help their long-term health benefits -- health out looks. and to my mind i -- i'm just