People tell you all the time. There's authorizers and there's a appropriators. What is that difference? Because I don't think people understand it. Yeah, people don't understand it. So You pass a bill like the pact act. Right. Which has presumed eligibility for our veterans who were exposed to burn pits, ancient orange. But you need money to pay for those benefits. And that's what appropriators do. We allocate the money. And in fact, it was interesting during the, this appropriations process, this time, our counterparts on the other side of the aisle who were in the majority, actually tried to cut the money out of the pact act. (04:12–04:29)
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Asserts that appropriators are responsible for allocating funds for bills like the PACT Act, which provides benefits to veterans exposed to burn pits and Agent Orange.
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