I don't want to go too much over time, Senator McCaskillen. I don't want to put words in your mouth, but I think we're finding another area of agreement here. You know, The federal government getting involved in something that from my standpoint is better left to the states and local governments. because they're just better at it, they're closer to it. They use a little more common sense approach. So, you know, I've frequently said Washington, D.C. the federal government definition is the law of negative unintended consequences. (28:14–28:21)
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