But it is also a major ability on my part to help our Hawaii with our needs, since I can speak very directly to the activities of our federal government, positive or negative, that help our Hawaii and of course funding Hawaii's needs. And This results in annual, pretty consistent annual federal appropriations to Hawaii in the billions of dollars. which is a major, major part of our overall state and county budgets. It's also something that comes in incredibly important in the emergencies and the special opportunities that we have faced. (31:43–31:50)
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