Okay. So now there was an attempt to pass an appropriations bill that would penalize Mexico financially for not paying the water bill. Can you explain what that. Yeah. So The reality of it is it's a $7.5 million penalty that is less than a drop in the bucket for the issue that we're having. The farming industry has been impacted. Billions of dollars in South Texas. And the water repayment, I mean, they'd be willing to pay us double that to not pay us the water. (00:57–01:06)
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Asserts that the $7.5 million penalty on Mexico is insufficient for the water debt issue.
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