… swing into action in a different way, to get involved with regard to emergency response that consumes so much of our time, those early months. I mean, Bob, you know, We went from 3.5% unemployment rate in Texas in January to 13.5% at the peak of COVID in the spring. So that incredible increase just tragically caused tremendous difficulty. So, you know, our system, our Texas workforce commission and unemployment structure was never established to serve that many Texans. (10:58–11:09)
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