And first, I just want to get your reaction to this firing the President, firing the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It's incredibly dangerous that the President, because he's unhappy with The President has decided to fire the Director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And Congressman, what do you make of the President's argument here? That in some form or fashion, in his estimation, without providing any evidence, these numbers out of this nonpartisan agency that always does, these reports are, in his characterization, phony? (00:13–00:25)
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