And the thing I'll say about this, John, is in terms of, listen, our oversight effort, it's not a Democratic playbook, it's not a partisan playbook. It's the James Madison playbook. Like it was Madison who said Congress at its best should be a rival to the executive branch. He said it. And there were no political parties. It was the American thing to do. And of course, that's not what this Congress, you know, has done. (18:48–18:53)
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