And she and I and other members were able to secure about $8 billion in $150 billion set aside for state, local and tribal governments. That was actually the largest transfer of wealth to Indian tribes by the federal government in the history of the United States. And we topped that again with the most recent CARES act, actually did better. So these tribes were given, you know, some fairly substantial amounts of money to attack the problem. (19:29–19:37)
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