Listen, I appreciate the question. This is in Kings Point, New York. It's a beautiful place with rotting infrastructure. I was talking about this with you earlier. The midshipman went four months without hot water, taking cold showers at the academy, they eat off paper plates because their dishwasher was broken. They have mold in their dorms. This is not a facility that deserves to have the name America associated with it. And we would ask for some flexibility with how we use the money that's been given. (03:06–03:18)
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