And then just finally out of time, the one thing I mentioned, we did a project near my home as a state. We expanded our interstate there, our federal interstate. States spent $1.7 billion of their own money. Didn't take a dollar from the federal government because it increases the cost of projects by roughly 30%. So we'd love to work with you on deregulation and spending those dollars. Well, and with that, I regret that I'm out of time. (01:21–01:30)
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