Their budgets based on our promise of 42 and 45 have really been disappointed and put in a really difficult situation. So we proposed a bill … We have a budget surplus, which is $2.5 billion right now. … that we can really fill that gap. That was a bit unforeseen, but is real. And unfortunately, the Republicans would not. (11:52–11:55)
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