Now we can talk about funding for those and appropriations and that's a separate subject. I'm willing to work with my colleague and fight the administration from stopping that funding. But If we don't pass these pieces of legislation, we're not giving the tools to law enforcement to keep our community safe. That's what this is about and that's why there was unanimous consent form it. I do want to also thank one other person that I didn't get a chance to, which is Senator Durbin. (40:15–40:23)
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