No. So the whole region knows how important these funds are. So Congress has rejected administration's attempts in the NOAA budget to cut $1.7 billion out of the NOAA budget. It [the Trump administration] literally wanted to slash the entire R and D arm of NOAA and slash the NOAA fisheries by 29%. And these three bills today obviously reject that. We're also sending a strong message that we believe in our scientists in other agencies. And I'll get to NOAA in a minute. (00:40–03:39)
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