In fact, as you know, we lost our sugar cane industry due to Mexico not delivering that water. So thank you from the bottom of my heart and from all of South Texas. Not only that, but you, you quickly pushed forward the $280 million that went to our farms that were affected by the 1944 Water Treaty. Yesterday, I had one of my farming constituents here that I took to dinner and she said, monica, we received our money from the, the $280 million that were allocated to us and it saved our farm family. (13:12–13:23)
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