So just think about what this current federal policy would do for readiness for another type of pandemic that would come through at the same time that they are discouraging vaccinations, which make another pandemic that much more likely. This funding was owed to these hospitals under the president's emergency declaration. And my administration worked hard to get this money in. The more than $18 million announced today builds on news I shared in May. That's when we secured an initial $105 million for those hospitals. (15:28–15:33)
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