 Hi, I'm Ashley with DAV and I'm joined today by DAV National Deputy Legislative Director Shane Learman. Shane, really big news popped up today on the PACT Act. I just wanted to check in with you kind of get a feel for where we're at and what this news will mean as far as that legislation is concerned. Well, it's very exciting. Senator Tester and Senator Moran have come to an agreement on the Honoring or PACT Act, which is the most historic large piece of toxic exposure legislation ever considered by the Senate. So there are agreement signals that we're probably going to be getting a vote on this in the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee next week, which is really important because then it will become eligible to go to the floor to be voted on by the entire Chamber of the U.S. Great, so definitely forward momentum. Like you said, this is this is a bill where we're very close. We're so close to getting this past the finish line. Can you just really quick remind our audience of some of the highlights of what this bill will do for veterans and their families of all generations. Oh, absolutely a lot of the big things is it'll provide health care eligibility for veterans not otherwise eligible to get health care specifically those post 9-11 who've been exposed to toxins or have been in combat themselves. That's a big piece of this. It'll also recognize for the first time diseases related to burn pit and toxic exposures, 23 different diseases. And one of the more exciting parts of this as well. It's going to impact Vietnam era veterans, because it's going to add hypertension as a presumptive disease for agent orange exposure, as well as add other locations conceding agent orange exposure, such as Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Guam, America small and Johnston at all. So it's going to do a lot for the Vietnam generation, as well as it'll also recognize three new locations as radiation risk activities to actually encompass another generation of veterans exposed to toxins. So this is really a pretty comprehensive bill. And the other thing I want to point out too, it's bipartisan legislation. It's incredibly widely supported. There's more than 60 military and veteran service organizations that support this the VA supports it. President Biden has said he, you know, he's come out and said he will sign as if it gets to his desk. So really, this is the final hurdle is just getting it through the Senate. So this is the last stage we really need to make a push. How can our audience help to make that happen. They can reach out to their senators specifically, both senators in their state, and let them know how important it is we get this comprehensive exposure legislation through the Senate. We've been working on this DAV since about 2007, but over the last four years, we've been working very closely with the Senate and collaborating with a very large VSO better service organization coalition. And it's exciting to see all of this work everybody is doing is, as you noted, at that last hurdle, and we need to clear it so that the veterans who have been suffering from these diseases can get the healthcare and benefits they need, and it'll help their families as well. Thank you, Shane. This is a really, like I said, historic opportunity, you can as a viewer as a supporter of veterans you can be a part of getting this bill across the finish line. Visit DAV can.org, you can contact your senators right from our legislative platform, send them a message tell them to vote yes on the pact act. And together we can make this happen we can get this done thank you again Shane for your help for your advocacy all your efforts and getting this bill to the point where it's at. But right now we can't let down the fight we have to keep pushing, and we need everyone's help so please again visit DAV can.org and make your voice heard.