https://jenschultzforcongress.com/veterans daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832459979-Y215B0KVPY5YDKOA7JLS/Issues-09.png Veterans Our veterans deserve our utmost respect and admiration. They put their personal safety—and future—at risk to protect ours. They stand up for us with courage and patriotism. We must stand up for them. The Veterans Administration has been hollowed out, understaffed, and under-resourced. That must be reversed. The backlogs and long delays for medical and other services must be eliminated, and that means repairing and modernizing our veterans services. Higher and technical education opportunities must be assured and counseling services be made readily available, linking veterans to these opportunities and preparing them for good jobs in the civilian world. Access to adequate housing needs to be supported. Special attention needs to be paid to services dealing with PTSD, depression, and traumatic brain injuries. Veterans Courts at the local level should be encouraged so that there are legal, chemical dependency, probation, and other services working as a team to help struggling veterans caught up in the justice system. We must make sure that the spouses and children of our active veterans have good housing, support services, and income, and that widows or widowers and children of heroes who lose their lives in the nation’s service are well provided for. Disabled vets and their families must receive the best possible care and support. https://jenschultzforcongress.com/supporting-working-families daily 0.75 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832463307-CFE5YQNLEUHH07WFUSYE/Issues-02.png Supporting Working Families I support living wages and good benefits. As an economist, I know that a strong middle class is the foundation of our economy. It helps small businesses in our communities thrive and creates new jobs. I support increasing the working family tax credit and extending the child tax credit that Congress recently allowed to expire because when working families do well, our economy and our communities do well. I will grow our economy by growing the middle class and safeguarding retirement security—that means protecting Social Security and Medicare. https://jenschultzforcongress.com/climate-change daily 0.75 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832466268-36R3A5N2EJG3DZ4PZAML/Issues-04.png Climate Change Global climate change is affecting every part of the world, including Minnesota. In the last several years, Northern Minnesota has dealt with significant drought, massive forest fires and damaging floods. The science is clear: these issues will get worse unless we take urgent action. I see an amazing opportunity for Northern Minnesota to be at the forefront of addressing climate change. We can be a global leader in environmental technology. There’s no reason for the U.S. to continue to subsidize oil and gas companies to the tune of over $20 billion annually, especially when they’ve raised the price at the pump dramatically while enjoying record profits. Instead, we could direct that money toward building dependable green infrastructure that reduces our reliance on volatile, autocratic regimes. Northern Minnesota is uniquely positioned to take advantage of a shift to green energy. Our highly skilled and experienced workforce would welcome an influx of stable, union jobs created through building and maintaining sustainable alternative energy infrastructure. https://jenschultzforcongress.com/meetjen daily 0.75 2024-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/620d1f68-38ba-4a87-923c-466a077beadf/Schultz+Logo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/0336a9ba-6cec-4b03-96d6-feaff24a9a8e/Jen+Schultz+2024+Congress+Campaign-1768.jpg Meet Jen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/bcc12869-3f68-4aaf-a7c8-1ce7bf40115e/7R2A2966.jpg Meet Jen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/9a0205d2-44d8-4711-a6e2-8380c1bc2122/JaneCanePhotography2024-9.jpg Meet Jen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832469090-SAH301WRZJ8M79P42XLH/IMG_0644_crop.png Meet Jen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/7b86388d-7e29-4fb5-97a7-11651916dee0/Firefighters.jpg Meet Jen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/2fc2c562-917a-4b24-9c50-c89130333770/IMG_3418.jpg Meet Jen https://jenschultzforcongress.com/public-safety daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832472606-OKL0V0DGH5IFRKZXN0G6/Issues-14.png Public Safety I support law enforcement. I am opposed to defunding the police—the police need to be fully funded. Good law enforcement is about protecting people and protecting our democracy. The improvement of law enforcement and better law enforcement requires resources, not taking resources away. Police officers are professionals just as doctors, nurses, lawyers and teachers are professionals. Like any other profession, it is crucial that officers are both well supported and well trained, to achieve the high standards required to be effective in their complex roles. Law enforcement officers must be accountable to people and to the rule of law. Law enforcement agencies need to be sufficiently supported to: (1) recruit the best and the brightest, who are dedicated to upholding the noble mission of protecting and serving all citizens; and (2), train these officers in sound techniques proven to ensure that they treat citizens respectfully and are thoroughly capable of de-escalating charged situations. Law enforcement agencies are most effective when they have legitimacy in the eyes of the citizens they serve. To foster positive interactions and relationships between the police and communities, law enforcement agencies should be supported in their efforts to expand and enhance their community policing efforts, and to hire officers that demographically reflect the communities they serve. https://jenschultzforcongress.com/thestakes daily 0.75 2024-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/d2f8c903-c4ae-452b-af93-88831c3c82ed/Schultz_Round-01.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/827af130-0574-4259-aed6-0a17429246b4/452232987_493495706664457_1660010997712966285_n.jpg https://jenschultzforcongress.com/reproductive-freedom daily 0.75 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832475492-2V5G2FSUS93GIZT7GPDV/Artboard+1+copy.png Reproductive Freedom The Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade was wrong and will harm millions of people. It’s a fundamental right for every person to make their own health decisions with their doctor, not politicians. We must mobilize, organize, and elect representatives who will fight for our right to choose and codify these long-held protections into law. Reproductive health and freedom is about more than access to safe and legal abortion. We need to ensure folks have hassle-free access to contraception and quality sex education. In Congress, I will fight to prevent us from going back to a time when access to quality reproductive care was only available to the wealthy. https://jenschultzforcongress.com/education daily 0.75 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832478411-9WKOYS56E4BQ6SLHSBTK/Artboard+2+copy.png Education Our nation’s future relies on our public education system. I support increasing federal funding to our local schools at all levels, from Pre-K through college. Our teachers need to have resources and supplies for their classrooms, smaller class sizes, and sufficient wages so that they can best support and teach our children. Property value should not determine whether or not children have access to quality education. We need safe-school policies, onsite social workers and counselors, robust Pre-K programs and special education, and programs for at-risk or vulnerable students at every school across the district. https://jenschultzforcongress.com/gunviolenceprevention daily 0.75 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832481265-8EYVFWO24C8W6L8I39IS/Issues-12.png Gun Violence Prevention I support our 2nd amendment right and responsible gun rights for gun owners and hunters. Our societal issue with gun violence has nothing to do with the vast majority of guns Minnesotans own. I agree with the majority of Americans who support a ban on assault weapons. I also agree with the over 90% of Americans who favor background checks for any gun purchase made, checks that include criminal history and relevant mental health history. We should also expect anyone who owns a gun to have had some training, just like we expect drivers to be properly trained. The vast majority of gun owners are not only responsible but do not own guns capable of mass shootings. Common-sense gun laws are just that: common-sense. https://jenschultzforcongress.com/freedom-and-democracy daily 0.75 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832484112-2GJZOHIILI25ON2EGTEZ/Issues-13.png Freedom And Democracy Freedom and democracy are under sustained attack at home and abroad. Extremists have taken control of the Republican Party and the Supreme Court. They are attacking our most cherished freedoms: the right to vote and to free elections; the right of free speech and assembly; the right to have control over our own bodies and to access safe abortions; the right to organize unions; and marriage equality. The Republicans are trying to cover up the January 6 insurrection and deny the results of a free and fair election. There is a strong pro-Putin wing in the Republican Party that is ready to appease Russian aggression in Ukraine and elsewhere. Pete Stauber signed onto a lawsuit that attempted to overturn the 2020 election without proof and voted against investigating the January 6th insurrection. He has endorsed Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, even as he is a convicted felon and faces over 90 other felony charges over multiple criminal cases. Our Democracy is at risk and we cannot let MAGA extremism go unchecked. Preserving truth and democracy is more important than political allegiances. https://jenschultzforcongress.com/infrastructure daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832487079-MPHP2T94HIO1FY9RD0BH/Issues-05.png Infrastructure Quality infrastructure is essential to our quality of life. It’s the roads and bridges we drive on, power lines that deliver electricity, and pipes that bring us clean water. Taking care of these essential elements of daily life is one of the most fundamental functions of government. The recent federal infrastructure bill is a great start, but we can do more. We must provide funding to address the basics of our traditional infrastructure like roads, bridges, water treatment and the electrical grid, as well as new infrastructure like broadband internet access. https://jenschultzforcongress.com/aging-and-retirement daily 0.75 2024-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832489945-9338WTCKCDUNRRTY8GEK/Issues-10.png Aging And Retirement SOCIAL SECURITY is one of the most important and effective programs to help Americans that we have ever instituted as a nation. I will never support any cuts or restrictions to Social Security. I am in favor of strengthening Social Security. Though it was never meant to serve as a retirement program, currently 20% of couples and nearly half of unmarried Americans rely on Social Security for at least 90% of their retirement. The majority of all Americans rely on it for at least half of their retirement. Efforts must be made to help Americans retire with dignity, and keeping Social Security strong is central to those efforts. Social security benefits need to increase with inflation and cost-of-living increases. I support eliminating the federal tax on Social Security Income. Those with Social Security income and other adjusted gross income under $25,000/person or $32,000/couple per year pay NO federal tax currently. About 44% of folks are not paying any federal tax on their Social Security income. Lower income folks will have a much lower marginal tax rate (MTR), so currently those with incomes $25,000-$34,000 will have 50% of their Social Security income taxed at their MTR; those with income over $34,000 will be taxed on 85% of their Social Security income at their MTR. Wealthier individuals usually have higher MTRs and the highest MTR is 37% so eliminating the federal tax on their Social Security income will have a much larger benefit or tax reduction for wealthier individuals. Because of this, we should put forward additional tax policies that will benefit low- and middle-income retirees as well. I strongly support MEDICARE and would oppose any weakening of the program. I also support its expansion to include other necessary health services such as eye glasses and hearing aids. The federal government should be able to negotiate drug prices in the Medicare program to help make drugs more affordable. Older Americans are rightly concerned about rising PROPERTY TAXES. When property, sales, gas, and other similar taxes go up, it affects the poor and middle class far more than the wealthy, especially when they are on a fixed income in retirement. We must make our tax system more fair, and that means making the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share. One of the best things the federal government can do is give aid to local governments to help pay for education and infrastructure. That way, regressive local taxes like property taxes can be kept down. We need to fix the LONG-TERM CARE system. The cost of long-term care is too high and has priced most Americans out. At the same time, the care providers are underpaid. I authored and succeeded in passing a bill in the Minnesota Legislature that increased pay for home care providers. In Congress, I will support efforts to provide Americans with financial protections for long-term care, promote programs that will help people remain in their own homes rather than be forced to go to a facility, and set strong standards for both at-home and facility care. We should make sure that all who need these services can get them, confident that they won’t be financially ruined or mistreated. https://jenschultzforcongress.com/student-loan-debt daily 0.75 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832492853-ME9YKS620C1V70ES81VH/Issues-03.png Student Loan Debt We must address student debt. The average student accumulates $30,000 of debt, and the average starting salary with a four-year degree is $50,000. Fifty years ago, those figures would be $7,000 of debt and a $66,000 salary. In other words, it’s harder for people starting out in their careers now than it used to be. And we can’t continue down this path. Minnesota is home to some of the best technical colleges and universities in the country. Lack of wealth should not deter someone who wants to pursue higher education and technical training. We must make sure that public post-secondary education is affordable and accessible, whether that’s technical school, obtaining an associate’s degree, or earning a bachelor's degree. People should not be saddled with a lifetime of crushing debt for pursuing a higher education. https://jenschultzforcongress.com/media daily 0.75 2024-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832495681-NHQF12RR5ZECPI7VDGP3/IMG_5970.JPG Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832495685-84T72Q3ZWF9C6HIHKYYL/Copy+of+277228050_109365828393001_4611578946126763788_n.jpeg Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832495655-NTRI0914ELVEJFX0MVJM/Copy+of+jen+schultz+headshot+2+FOR+WEB+%282%29.jpg Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832495670-6I4VY310BEEHJ3X5W1HD/Firefighters.jpeg Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832495659-MVJTRL5Z6TW4PZW7GZT3/Copy+of+PXL_20221008_200457940.jpg Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832495662-BMEDHP9HWIMRP6X18DON/IMG_0358.jpg Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832495702-F25AKJ9A3XQX2D2TUM55/IMG_3418.jpg Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832495694-4KHHE972ZHHBS99GU20L/294371227_145756724771692_6643680552778020012_n.jpg Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832495689-LBQHTYU2RYJHZJLKNLKS/USW.jpeg Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832495710-F6OOME63QSTQ3WE0L2HJ/Copy+of+SNP02114.jpg Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832495714-WID097WZ0R9VY6K9G76F/Iron+Range+Assembly.jpeg Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832495718-WF7I4ZCYH8HPIA8WYM7O/IMG_4420.jpg Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://jenschultzforcongress.com/creating-jobs daily 0.75 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832499037-UF1Z6O0WRLHSH3CPHSRG/Issues-11.png Creating Jobs We must get aggressive as a country about creating high-paying, long-term jobs. It has become clear that we have sent far too many important and skilled jobs overseas. Many of our essential medical supplies, equipment, and drugs are manufactured overseas, and the backups in shipping during the pandemic resulted in lost lives at our hospitals. We must make sure that we can rely on domestic manufacturers and suppliers for these essential goods. One of those essential goods is steel. Iron mining has been the pillar of the economy on the Range for generations, and the Range provides some of the best raw material for steel in the world. A great source of many high-paying jobs will be pressing forward with renewable energy and a green infrastructure. This has the added benefit of addressing the urgent crisis of climate change. We also need to address the fairness of our tax system. As the wealthy and corporations pay what they owe, we will be able to make sure that Americans receive the services they should expect. That means government jobs with good pay and good benefits and Americans able to rely on good services. I have a proven track record of bringing state money home to my district in the Minnesota Legislature. I look forward to bringing jobs to the Eighth District in Congress. https://jenschultzforcongress.com/duluth-news-tribune-endorsement daily 0.75 2024-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832501806-0XIYX0DNNY6ZREZBBYZR/Screen+Shot+2022-10-10+at+8.27.57+AM.jpg Duluth News Tribune Endorsement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://jenschultzforcongress.com/affordable-housing daily 0.75 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832503354-MFDIHJMW2TAVQEC57ICE/Issues-06.png Affordable Housing Access to affordable housing is an ongoing crisis in our region and across the country. It’s escalated for decades. Congress needs to find ways to assist local governments in providing adequate affordable housing. That means bringing back federal funding to invest in subsidized housing, revitalizing our aging housing stock, and providing incentives to build additional units. I also support a substantive Low Income Housing Tax Credit to help take some of the burden off of those struggling the most. 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Many who attend my events and listen to my response have asked me to write out my statement so they may share it with friends and neighbors. I have given this same response to environmental, labor, and pro-mining groups. First, I fully support miners and our mining industry—100%. I’m a union member, active in my union (UEA-Education MN), former Duluth Central Labor Body delegate, former member on NE-Area Labor Council, and I am proud to have a 100% pro-labor AFL-CIO voting record. I am endorsed by many labor unions (SOAR USW, Duluth Building & Construction Trades Council, IBEW, UFCW, Education MN, MN Nurses, AFSCME, & MN AFL-CIO) and am working hard to earn the endorsement of ALL unions. In speaking to all groups, I have learned that NO ONE wishes to pollute our water—not surface water and not groundwater. Everyone agrees on this point. Polluting our water would be devastating to our communities. Also, it would destroy our property values—often the only asset of many families. We also need to honor treaties with Native Americans and respect their sovereignty. Our tribal members need to be involved otherwise proposed mining will continue to be litigated. I have also learned that people want jobs that pay a decent salary with good benefits throughout the district. They want their children to be educated here, to find jobs here and to raise their family here. Folks want to live close to their grandchildren. Mining has been a divisive issue in the DFL for a long time. I will work to be a bridge between environmental groups and the mining industry. We’ve needed this bridge for a long time. The chasm will keep growing if we don’t start healing this divide. I have visited PolyMet, Talon and Twin Metals. I have also met with environmental groups, tribal members, and groups with concerns about mining. I have listened to all and will continue to listen. First, we need to bring steel production to the Range—that includes the ability to recycle steel. Now that we are seeing investments in Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) and mini mills, the next step is producing steel. We have an advantage with our multimodal port to ship the steel. We can leverage President Biden’s Defense Production Act & the Inflation Reduction Act to build steel manufacturing on the Range. With high transportation costs of importing steel from other countries, like Ukraine, it is economically feasible to increase domestic steel production. We also need to strengthen taconite mining and that means encouraging steel companies to come to the table, so no mines are idled over fights for market share. I also encouraged President Biden to review the proposed sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon based on national security concerns. Second, we need to invest in technology to make sure all mining can be done safely without polluting our water. To do this we should be investing in the Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI), American Peat Technology (APT), and entrepreneurs to scale up current discoveries and develop new science that can address sulfate and other potential pollutants. NRRI has a product to address sulfate and sulfuric acid but needs funding. Think about how technology has changed over your lifetime. I believe in science and know that with public investments we can scale up and develop technological solutions to the problem of potential pollutants. We developed the technology to filter the forever chemical, PFAS, from water so I have confidence that we can find the solution to filtering sulfates. NRRI and APT need investments to scale up the technology they have developed. I want to work on securing federal funding to solve any possible mining problems so we can safely mine the minerals used in our daily lives. Third, we need to update our permitting process. We also need to acknowledge that mining minerals and acting on permits to mine depend greatly on the price of minerals. Prices of minerals fluctuate and there is a high degree of uncertainty and risk in mining operations. We should be using the bank in the U.S. Treasury to help finance research and mining operations, given the high level of risk. We should be exploring other financing mechanisms so revenue from mining is not extracted from our state and our country. Why do we rely on multi-national corporations to operate and finance mining of our natural resources? Could we create state/tribal public—private entities or cooperative entities to operate mines? This could help address environmental concerns since residents, tribes and the state would be part owners with a greater interest in protecting our property and water. It may also lead to fewer shutdowns and idling along with greater job security. It would give us the opportunity to reinvest the mining revenue back into our communities rather than line the pockets of corporate shareholders. Fourth, we should be exploring friendly neighbor agreements between the mining industry, government, tribes and residents. These agreements have been successful in other states, such as Montana. We can build off these agreements and tailor them to meet our needs. Finally, we all need to be at the table to discuss mining. This issue has divided our communities and families for too long. It’s time to come to meetings with an open mind on learning from all sides of the issue. We need to focus on the facts and the science from third parties with the expertise to educate and with no vested interest in any outcome. I’m confident that we can do this in a civil way. Our goal will be to listen, to understand, to ask questions, to appreciate the complexities and to get to a solution on how, when and where to mine. Mining contributes less than 2% to our state GDP but it has an outsized impact on the people of northeast Minnesota. For the vitality of our communities, we need to diversify our industries and employment opportunities. I will work to do this by collaborating with our regional economic development experts to leverage federal funds for unique investments. I am all in on this work. I have a track record of getting things done, being an independent thinker, asking good questions, and solving problems. There is nothing more I would rather do than be a champion for northern Minnesota and the people who live here. https://jenschultzforcongress.com/health-care-for-all daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659dadcbaf61823ce4f96dfc/1704832524797-EGSCOHLFDZSHUKAGDGDT/Issues-01.png Health Care For All The rising cost of health care is one of the most important and urgent issues facing Minnesotans. Like many in our district, I am in favor of a single-payer system – what some call Medicare for All – that would dramatically cut down on costs associated with health insurance premiums and guarantee coverage for all Americans, regardless of income level. We are proud that Minnesota offers the lowest premiums in the country on MNsure, our state health insurance exchange. Another great program is MinnesotaCare, which provides health care coverage for people with low incomes. MinnesotaCare was created with bipartisan support and has been successful for more than 30 years. This is a public option that could be expanded to more Minnesotans and used as a template to move us forward at the federal level so everyone can access affordable, quality healthcare. It is easy to get lost in the details and in politics, but I never lose sight of the fact that, in the end, this is about real people facing some of the hardest and most terrifying experiences of their lives. 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