By the way, there's several people with bills out there and I support them in which we would do on a national level what we already do on a state level. And that is If the government is closed, we...automatically spend what you spent the prior year. That's what we did when I was in Wisconsin. State legislation. There's no reason we can't do that nationwide. Okay, well that issue is going on. And friends, again the vote is waiting in the US Senate. (36:06–36:21)
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