I've always said that if you don't get national security right, the rest is conversation. You've got to be able to defend the country. And so moving the defense authorization bill last week was really important. The defense appropriations bill, which funds all those things, is what we're trying to tee up this week. So we'll see, you know, where the Democrats are. But I think in the end they, if they're sincere about wanting to actually fund the government the old fashioned way, this is a chance to do it. (01:47–01:53)
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