And then Rick, to your point, that doesn't even get us to a place where we can pay off the 36 trillion. We're in a big, big mess. And that's why it's so disheartening. You know, I ran a measure last year on the floor just to try to remove return arts and humanities spending on the federal level back to 2019 spending levels. (06:40–06:43)
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