Another area that I work very much on for the cost of living here are overall appropriations. So Appropriations are federal funding to Hawaii and to parts of Hawaii. And I'll get much more into appropriate because I'm deeply involved in that. But we have to remember that as our federal government helps us with many of our challenges, it's also helping us with our cost of living. (21:13–21:20)
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