But there was a lot of money being thrown around. And in hindsight, man, you know, it would have been good to maybe have made some different decisions there. But what happened was They locked in that Covid era spending levels in Washington. And so this wasn't just a temporary thing. This was almost the new normal where all those agencies, they didn't return the agencies to 2019 levels. They basically kept them where they were. (20:29–20:35)
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