Politics are difficult here. They're difficult all across our country. I'm committed to do that. But that said, I will also say that We spent a fair amount of money, I think it's about $100 million during the pandemic, allowing local people to think through what they should be doing locally in order to make sure that they don't have a worker shortage. They come up with great ideas, some of them actually, you know, about upskilling people to make sure they have the skills for advanced manufacturing. (47:23–47:39)
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