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may not lobby the executive, but as we were talking about, there was a discussion earlier about Congress being representative of the people world. The White House has to be responsive to Congress. And so it's working with the time of friends on the Democratic side of the aisle to apply pressure the way that they know how to an administration, as it will be with this administration. We're also talking about the people who will get appointed to some of these jobs. Like at the top level, you talk about Marco Rubio, Senator from Florida, Mike Waltz. Those three people, something in common. They all served in Congress. They all have relationships with key actors from their communities. So the lines of communication are good, should there be something questionable or curious that we need access and a conversation to. You never know. One of the first candidates I ever met with as an APAC professional when my job was to meet candidates for Congress was a guy named John Ratcliffe. He was challenging a long-time incumbent to become a member of Congress. And Dallas, Texas, I said, "This guy looks like he could run the race." You know, talk to him, he had a good understanding of the issues. And a couple of weeks later, he was Trump's pick to be the CIA director. Pretty incredible. I think because they got, they had a chance to speak to. So there are, there are a lot of, I won't call them lifelines, but there are lifelines.