And then finally, community project funding. This used to be called earmarks. Earmarks were abused. We're talking about back in, you know, back in the old days. And Earmarks got out of control. We wiped out earmarks for 10 years, and then we brought them back about six years ago under very constrained circumstances. It has to be for a specific project. I have to personally vouch for the project. I have to sign a letter to Appropriations saying, I checked this out. (43:48–43:57)
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