Now, I want to underscore, most people would say that is an impossible goal, that normally a facility takes two years to permit, four years to build. We got way behind, you know, 100 million flies out of Panama. Everyone thought that would be enough to keep it eradicated. It's we haven't had it here for 60 years. But, but this is Texas and this is Governor Abbott time and this is Trump time. And it's a different time. (1:06:27–1:06:32)
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