The reason we did this, I will tell my friend from Illinois, is when the $458 million was cut, we asked the administration to come up and tell us what they really needed, because we said this is a very difficult issue. The gentlewoman put a lot of programs with good money in. What do you honestly need? So everything would be in compliance with the benchmarks. But it would also give them the initial funding. They said, we actually need this $158 million. But they would be, to answer your question, in compliance.
Tom Wolf: “The reason we did this, I will tell my friend from Illinois, is when the $458 million was cut, we asked the…”
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