I believe, I say to my friend from Arkansas, that, as you have just stated it, in essence that is what we have provided here. The Senator from West Virginia is correct. We should not give our power away. But we do not. We make that determination. We make that determination. If the funds are not there, we, the Congress, have stated that that mandate will not take effect. We, the Congress, have stated----
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