I happen to be the chairman of the Interior Appropriations Committee as well. And believe me, when we're talking about what this means for our accounts, $13 billion is kind of eye popping when you're looking at it from the perspective of where you find that within the budget. So this is a hearing that is specific to a handful of these water settlements. But I think you are correct in pointing out that we have a bigger structural flaw that we're trying to wrestle to the ground here. (00:40–00:48)
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