In fact, the administration before me, a Republican administration, had a higher spend, actually. Interesting. Yeah. So. And, you know, you have to. Because I think. Here's what happened, Heather. Okay. During COVID remember, the federal government had all sorts of money. ARPA put all sorts of money out there into the states. So I enter in 2023, after Covid. After the COVID money's gone away now. It's been programmed into state budgets, of course. Right. (20:20–20:27)
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