They give a little speech that they can go and market for fundraising and then they don't allow me to answer the question. And I deeply appreciate respect that you've shown in this budget. We were told to make a 12% cut across our department because Congress wrote a 34, $39 trillion debt. We're now having to tighten our belt programs that I protected, I protected and that rust flow protected were the Head Start program. Okay? (39:16–39:26)
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Asserts that a 12% budget cut was mandated due to Congress's debt.
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