That's a very powerful position that, you know, over the years of, of, of committee chairmanships, you always have a good cross section of people. You know, another great example would be Senator Robert Nichols, who's now retiring but was long time Senate transportation. But he's, you know, from East Texas, a smaller community. So I think those, those, those voices are very important to create balance in the state of Texas and not to create that world urban divide. (45:50–45:55)
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