And so, you know, the challenge for me is when I was first elected to the assembly, it was 2009. It was the first Democratic trifecta we had had in 24 years. And It was just in the aftermath of this horrible Bush recession, the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression. And the first thing we had to do in February was pass a budget repair bill to fund state government to get us through June. (04:53–05:00)
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