And one of the things we try to do in Verdict is take you behind the scenes to what actually happens, how, how the sausage got made. There were three big questions that a week out were unresolved. Number one, The Treasury Department, the career lawyers there, frankly, have been resisting this program from the beginning. When I wrote the legislation over a year ago, the career lawyers at treasury didn't want to do it. They fought me every step of the way. (17:24–17:31)
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