The second phone call that I would make would be to my congressional member. Make sure that we know exactly what's going on, because We do have legislative authority to, number one, we can get into facilities, come and see, come and check on you. that kind of stuff. And, you know, right now there have been concerns about, you know, them not letting lawyers in and some other complaints, them not allowing people to communicate without having a certain number, all that kind of stuff. (30:06–30:14)
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