When it comes to statehood and things like that, for Puerto Rico in particular, that's their decision. And I think we can talk. There's some complicated cross currents there that we can talk about. I do think that D.C. has a strong argument for statehood. but I also hope that this could be something that is bipartisan. And I think that if we are going to go down this road, that we should do it … (25:17–25:21)
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