And then the second thing that's influencing what's happening in Ways and Means is because of Republican opposition to when we try to appropriate. You're one of our leaders, of course, on the Appropriations Committee. They Republicans have turned our committee into an Appropriations Committee through tax expenditures. not through direct expenditures, that is, by giving somebody a special credit. And those are much less efficient than doing it directly as you would do through the Appropriations Committee. (09:35–09:39)
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