So I have a lot of questions to get to, but I know you want to add something to that. Thank you so much, Ms. Ledger. Fernandez, you hit the nail on the head. There are zero guardrails in this bill. And that is, I believe, by design. And why Republicans have chosen to use reconciliation instead of the normal appropriations process through reconciliation. There are very strict rules, one of them the Byrd rule. (00:41–00:45)
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