So here we are on the eve of the start of the legislative session. And what are your priorities this session? Well, I think first and foremost it's the budget. What are we going to do? The comptroller came out a few months ago and said we had 27 billion with a B extra dollars. I think that number is going to be higher. He's a pretty conservative guy. And so we'll get an update today of how much more money we had to spend. (00:24–00:30)
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