And I know that many other people share that concern. You know, we have seen, I would argue, systematic defunding of state government across a range of different departments, whether it's Department of Natural Resources. There was a recent report about the Department of Corrections that talked about how underfunded and understaffed our prison system was. And so, I mean, again, that's a part of that Republican philosophy of shrinking the size of state government. (23:41–23:48)
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Asserts that a report indicates Iowa's Department of Corrections is underfunded and understaffed.
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