I've been here eight years, he's been here a bit longer. It normally is something that's a patchwork to give us more time to try to get to the appropriations process. This is totally different. A year long cr, which is the first that I think we've had, I don't know that there is a precedent for an actual year long cr. It solves the problem because it freezes federal spending. It takes care of these immediate priorities that have been articulated here and it allows us to move forward with changing the size and scope of the federal government. (11:16–11:24)
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