They are created pursuant to statute, and Congress has appropriated the money. That's for the current fiscal year. The president came in to office in the middle of that fiscal year. The president commenced eliminating some federal agencies, significantly eroding other federal agencies and curtailing funding across the board. Billions and billions of dollars, much of which impacted us very severely here in Hawaii. And the basic question there is, why did he do that when the law already provided that he was supposed to do that. (14:45–14:56)
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