Are you comfortable with that? Well, we've looked at that, that law, and it's a little unclear, but. But the reality, Major, is I've been through a lot of these. I've never seen a situation where, if not the law, certainly the negotiated reopening of the government ensured that [furloughed workers] would happen. So would I be comfortable not paying people who have, whether you like them or not or think highly of the agency or not, that they wouldn't get paid for work they did? (03:05–03:13)
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