WE'LL FIX IT.

BUT YOU DON'T GET TO MAKE STUFF UP.

>> ERIC: HERE WITH MORE ON OPENING WEEK AND A LOOK AHEAD TO THIS YEAR'S SESSION, ALL FOUR LEGISLATIVE LEADERS.

REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER LISA DEMUTH REPRESENTS DISTRICT 13A, WHICH INCLUDES STEARNS COUNTY.

DFL SENATE MAJORITY LEADER ERIN MURPHY REPRESENTS DISTRICT 64 IN ST.

PAUL.

REPUBLICAN SENATE MINORITY LEADER MARK JOHNSON HAILS FROM SENATE DISTRICT ONE, IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE.

AND WE WELCOME THE NEWCOMER TO THE GROUP THIS SESSION, DFL HOUSE LEADER ZACK STEPHENSON FROM HOUSE DISTRICT 35A IN ANOKA COUNTY.

WELL, MADAM SPEAKER, IS THE SPIRIT OF HORTMAN AND HOFFMAN FADING FAST HERE?

>> I HOPE NOT.

>> Eric: HERE'S WHAT I WONDER BECAUSE GREG DAVIDS, MEMBER OF YOUR CAUCUS, LIKES TO SAY THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF POLITICS.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE HERE AT THE END OF THE WEEK.

>> I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO LAST YEAR, AND THESE ARE 134 MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE THAT HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE TIE, WE PROVED WE COULD DO THAT LAST YEAR, AND I HOPE HOW WE STARTED ON TUESDAY, HOUSE MEMBERS, SENATE EMBERS, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, COMING TOGETHER IN AN EXCELLENT WAY TO REMEMBER MELISSA IS AND MARK AND THEIR DOG GILBERT AND TO CELEBRATE WITH THE HOFFMANS, I HOPE THAT CAN CONTINUE.

IT'S GONNA GET TENSE AND WE KNOW THAT.

BUT WE HAVE TO GET DOWN TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER THAT WE'RE ALL HUMAN AND WE HAVE TO EXTEND GRACE TO EACH OTHER.

>> Eric: WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

AND I ALSO WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SPIRIT OF HOFFMAN AND HORTMAN ISN'T THAT WE CAN'T DISAGREE.

IT'S THE WAY THAT WE DISAGREE.

WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DISAGREE WITHOUT TREATING PEOPLE POORLY.

STILL RECOGNIZING THE HUMANITY IN OTHER PEOPLE.

AFTER ALL, WE COME FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING AND THAT'S WHAT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IS ABOUT, SORTING THOSE THINGS BE THROUGH.

>> Cathy: BUT IT KIND OF WENT OFF THE RAILS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN I THINK MOST PEOPLE WERE WONDERING.

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL IDEA, THE FRAUD INSPECTOR GENERAL IDEA WAS UP AND DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE IN COMMITTEE.

AND, SO, PEOPLE WERE WONDERING, OKAY, WELL THIS IS NOT A REALLY GREAT FIRST SIGN.

FOR COOPERATION.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, SENATOR?

>> YEAH.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENED OVER IN THE HOUSE.

THE SENATE WAS ABLE TO PASS THAT LAST YEAR IN A VERY STRONG BIPARTISAN VOTE.

>> Eric: 60 VOTES OR SOMETHING.

>> 60-7 IS WHAT IT ULTIMATELY ENDED UP BEING ON THAT.

SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE SENATE, PROBABLY MORE COOPERATION ON THOSE BIPARTISAN BILLS GOING FORWARD THERE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING.

SO FAR THIS WEEK, WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

THERE'S BEEN A FEW BUMPY SPOTS, BUT, OVERALL, I THINK IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT CALMER TEMPERATURE OVER IN THE MINNESOTA SENATE.

>> Cathy: WOULD YOU AGREE?

>> SO, SENATOR GUSTAFSON WORKED ACROSS THE AISLE AND IN BOTH CHAMBERS TO BRING THAT BILL TO THE STRONG VOTE THAT WE PASSED WITH 60 VOTES.

I EXPECT THAT WE MAY SEE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS IN THE HOUSE.

BUT THAT'S PROGRESS ON THIS GOOD IDEA AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSE WILL FIND A PATH FOR A PROPOSAL OR PROPOSALS.

WE'LL WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING ACROSS THE LINE THIS YEAR.

I WASN'T DISMAYED BY WHAT I SAW IN THE HOUSE YESTERDAY.

I THINK IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> Cathy: AND YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD.

>> NO, I AGREE.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS SUCH A BIG DEAL THAT THEY DIDN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THE FIRST MEANINGFUL DAY OF SESSION.

I MEAN, THIS IS A BIG IDEA, AND IT IS ONE OF GREAT CONSEQUENCE AND WE SHOULD TAKE OUR TIME TO DO IT RIGHT.

I'M NOT TROUBLED BY IT, THAT BILL, I GUESS, IS GOING TO BE HEARD AGAIN ON TUESDAY IN THE HOUSE.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT.

AND I THINK IT WILL PASS IN THE END.

>> I WAS VERY SURPRISED WHAT HAPPENED IN THE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, WHERE THERE WAS A D.E OR A DELETE-ALL AMENDMENT THAT WAS ADDED TO HE BILL THAT COMPLETELY GUTTED THE BILL.

AND WE WERE TOLD, OR THE COMMITTEE AS TOLD THAT SENATOR GUSTAFSON HAD BEEN A PART OF THAT.

COME TO FIND OUT AFTER IT FAILED IN COMMITTEE AND IT FAILED ON THE HOUSE FLOOR THAT SENATOR GUSTAFSON PUT OUT A MESSAGE, PUT OUT A STATEMENT, SHE WAS NOT A PART OF THAT DE.

SO ALREADY THERE WAS A QUESTION OF, WHO WAS PART OF THOSE DECISION MAKINGS, WHY WAS IT COMPLETELY BLOCKED AND THAT IT HAPPENED ON THE HOUSE FLOOR AGAIN.

WE WERE A LITTLE SURPRISED BY THAT.

BUT IF WE'RE SERIOUS BOUT ENDING FRAUD AND WANTING AN OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, AN INDEPENDENT OFFICE IN THE WAY THAT IT PASSED NEARLY BIPARTISAN IN THE ENATE, THEN WE HAVE TO BE SERIOUS AND TAKE THOSE VOTES.

>> Eric: IS THERE GOING TO BE AN AID PACKAGE FOR MINNEAPOLIS AND OTHER CITIES THAT WERE AFFECTED ECONOMICALLY BY THE I.C.E.

SURGE?

>> SO I WAS IN WILLMAR, MINNESOTA, LAST SUNDAY, AND THIS TOPIC CAME UP.

AND THE BUSINESS LEADERS THAT WERE THERE SAID, DON'T FORGET ABOUT US.

IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A SMALL BUSINESS PACKAGE OF SOME SORT OR A BUSINESS PACKAGE, RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN MINNEAPOLIS AND St.

PAUL AND THE SUBURBS SURROUNDING HAS ALSO HAPPENED IN GREATER MINNESOTA AND THEY WANT US TO THINK STATEWIDE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> Eric: IF IT'S PORTRAYED AS AILOUT TO MINNEAPOLIS I SUPPOSE IT WOULDN'T HAVE MUCH CHANCE.

>> WELL, LET'S LOOK AT THIS AS A PACKAGE THAT HELPS SMALL BUSINESS.

BUSINESS IN GENERAL ACROSS THE STATE.

I THINK BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN CALLING OUT SINCE AT LEAST 2023 ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES.

THE WAY HAT THE PAID FAMILY MEDICAL BILL WAS ROLLED OUT WAS VERY ONEROUS ON BUSINESS.

SAME WITH THE ESST.

I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THERE THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT CHANGING AS PART OF A RELIEF PACKAGE IF THAT'S GIVEN OUT.

IT'S GOT TO BE DONE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GIVING RELIEF.

NOW, PICKING OUT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS OR SPECIAL INTEREST BUSINESS INDIVIDUALLY, IN A CERTAIN LOCATION OR AREA, PROBABLY NOT THE WAY TO DO T. BUT I THINK THERE ARE GENERALLY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS NOW THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT DOING FOR BUSINESS AND THIS MIGHT BE A GREAT TIME TO DO IT.

>> Eric: HOW DO YOU ENJIGGS THAT PACKAGE LOOKING?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT HAVING SOME RELIEF FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WERE IMPACTED, LET'S REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES A STATE.

ENVISION THAT PACKAGE LOOKING.

AND IT WAS VERY UNIQUE THE THING THAT HAPPENED TO THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES.

WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE EMPLOYEES WERE AFRAID TO GO TO WORK BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE BEING ARRESTED ON THE STREET ASED ON THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.

I MEAN, LAWFUL U.S.

CITIZENS CARRYING PASSPORTS, REALLY REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.

AND I THINK WE DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS TOTALLY CATASTROPHIC EVENT THAT WAS DISASTROUS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES BUT ALSO DISASTROUS FOR THE FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS.

LET'S REMEMBER THAT FBI AGENTS WERE REASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATING FRAUD TO INVESTIGATING THESE IMMIGRATION MATTERS AND THE U.S.

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, TOTALLY GUTTED, JOE THOMPSON RESIGNS IN PROTESTS WHEN HE WAS ORDERED TO INVESTIGATE RENEE GOOD'S WIFE RATHER THAN HER MURDER.

>> Cathy: MADAM SPEAKER, DO YOU THINK THE STATE HAS A ROLE IN HELPING BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY THE I.C.E.

RAIDS?

>> WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT BUSINESSES NEED IN RELIEF, PAID MEDICAL FAMILY LEAVE, I'VE BEEN TO RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE HAD TO CLOSE PORTIONS DOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE EMPLOYEES THERE, THAT HAS AFFECTED EVERY BUSINESS EVEN WITH JUST ONE EMPLOYEE.

YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT, THERE WERE CITY AND STATE LEADERS THAT WERE CALLING FOR BUSINESSES TO SHUT DOWN AND TO BOYCOTT ON A FRIDAY IN JANUARY.

THEY WERE CALLING FOR BUSINESSES TO SHUT DOWN.

SO TO ASK FOR RELIEF WHEN THAT WAS A CALL MADE TO USINESSES ISN'T EXACTLY FAIR.

>> YOU KNOW, I SPENT SOME TIME WITH A GENTLEMAN NAMED WILLIE GONZÁLEZ, AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, WHO OWNS A BUSINESS IN WILLMAR WHO WAS WRONGFULLY DETAINED AND HIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW.

I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK BEYOND THE TALKING POINTS ON THIS TOPIC AND RECOGNIZE THE REAL HARM THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS CAUSED IN MINNESOTA.

>> Eric: HERE'S REALLY DEEP IN THE WEEDS, IT'S CALLED FEDERAL TAX CONFORMITY AND IT'S BORING UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING INTERESTING IN THE FEDERAL TAX BILL, WHICH IS THIS TIME NO TAX ON TIPS AND NO TAX ON OVERTIME.

>> UM-HUM.

>> Eric: IT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY BIG NUMBER WOULD IT PUT A BIG HOLE IN THE BUDGET, ARE YOU GUYS FOR THAT?

>> WELL, IT'S BEEN UNFORTUNATE, YOU KNOW, WE ENDED IN 2022 WITH A $18 BILLION SURPLUS.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A NUMBER OF TIMES ON THIS PROGRAM.

UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE HAD ONE-PARTY CONTROL AND THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER, THAT WAS ALL SPENT.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DEFICIT POSITIONS RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A PATHWAY FORWARD FOR CONFORMITY.

WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PRIORITY IS ON THOSE, BUT WE'VE GOT A FEBRUARY FORECAST COMING OUT THAT WILL HELP DETERMINE MORE OF THOSE ISSUES AS WE GET THROUGH THE YEAR.

>> Eric: YOU LIKE IT AS A CONCEPT ANYWAY?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT THOSE ARE CONCEPTS WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING, FEDERAL TAX CONFORMITY IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS LOOK AT WHENEVER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAKES BIG CHANGES AND IT WAS A HUGE BILL THAT WENT THROUGH WASHINGTON.

AND THERE WERE WINNERS AND THERE WERE LOSERS.

AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE CONFORMITY DECISIONS HERE IN MINNESOTA, WE HAVE TO EVALUATE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH OUR LIMITED RESOURCES, ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THOSE WINNERS EVEN BETTER OFF WITH THOSE RESOURCES?

ARE WE GOING TO HELP SOME OF THE LOSERS OUT OF THAT BILL?

WHICH WERE LIKE HOSPITALS, FOR EXAMPLE, PARTICULARLY FOR HOSPITALS IN GREATER MINNESOTA.

WHO ARE JUST DEVASTATED BY THESE MEDICAID CUTS, NOT TO MENTION THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY GET MEDICAID, ALSO COUNTIES.

I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT INSTITUTIONS AND PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA WHO WERE ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED BY THE BIG BILL THAT PASSED WASHINGTON THIS SUMMER.

>> Cathy: SPEAKING OF TAXES, PEOPLE WERE PRETTY HOT, AS YOU ALL KNOW, LATE IN THE FALL WHEN THE TRUTH IN TAXATION HEARINGS WERE BEING HELD AND SOME PROPERTY TAX IN SOME COUNTIES HAVE GONE UP LIKE DOUBLE DIGITS -- DIGITS AND WE WERE THINKING AT FIRST, THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG HOT ISSUE IN THE LEGISLATURE BUT IT'S KIND OF FALLEN AWAY BECAUSE OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY.

IS THERE ANY PROPERTY TAX RELIEF THAT YOU ALL WOULD LOOK AT?

>> WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT A COMMISSION TO REALLY STUDY WHY OUR PROPERTY TAXES HAVE INCREASED ACROSS THE STATE, BUT, AGAIN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE BEING HARMED, BUSINESSES BEING HARMED, HEALTHCARE SPECIFICALLY, PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE, OVERREGULATION, A WORKFORCE STANDARDS BOARD, ALL OF THOSE THINGS MAKE BUSINESS IN MINNESOTA MORE EXPENSIVE.

WHETHER IT'S HEALTHCARE OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SMALL BUSINESSES, LARGE BUSINESSES.

SO TO JUST SAY WE NEED PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, WE HAVE TO LOOK WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE, ESPECIALLY UNDER DEMOCRAT CONTROL IN '23 AND '24 THAT MADE A LOT OF THEE CHANGES BUT ROLLED THEM UT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

BUSINESSES IN MINNESOTA AND FAMILIES DO NEED RELIEF AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

>> Cathy: IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT WANT TO -- ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT TWEAKING THE PAID FAMILY LEAVE?

>> I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT, DEFINITELY, HOW IT IS AFFECTING BUSINESSES.

I KNOW THE MINNESOTA CHAMBER ANNOUNCED AT THEIR EVENT EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A SURVEY OF ALL OF THEIR SAYS TO KNOW HOW THEY'RE BEING IMPACTED.

REMEMBER, IT'S UP TO 20 WEEKS OFF, FIVE MONTHS OFF FOR EMPLOYEES.

NOW, GOOD EMPLOYEES ARE GOOD -- OR GOOD EMPLOYERS GIVE GOOD EMPLOYEES THEIR TIME OFF AS THEY NEED IT.

BUT A MANDATE ON ALL BUSINESSES IS NOT WHAT WAS NEEDED.

>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE INTERESTED VERY MUCH IN SUPPORTING ALL WORKERS.

AND PAID FAMILY LEAVE IS AN IMPORTANT WAY FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF SICK PARENT, A SICK SIBLING, A NEW BABY, AND 20 WEEKS, OF COURSE, IS FOR BONDING AFTER YOU'VE HAD A CHILD WITH A HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY.

ONE PIECE OF GOOD NEWS FROM TODAY, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AND I THINK UNDERSTANDING MINNESOTANS WOULD AGREE, S THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION ON TRUMP'S TARIFFS.

THOSE HAVE LEVIED SO MUCH ADDITIONAL COST, LIKE $1,000 A FAMILY OVER THIS LAST YEAR, AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO UNDERSTAND AND UNWIND THAT BUT THOSE TARIFFS HAVE BEEN VERY UNPOPULAR, THEY'RE HURTING FAMILY BUDGETS.

THEY'RE CAUSING THE COST OF THINGS TO GO UP.

AND I'M REALLY GLAD THE COURT CHECKED THE PRESIDENT'S POWER AND WENT BACKWARDS ON THAT.

THE CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE DONE IT, THEY DIDN'T.

>> BUT, AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL HERE AT THE STATE LEVEL.

SO WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS THE AFFORDABILITY OF LIFE ACROSS MINNESOTA.

ON THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL.

THINGS LIKE PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE, THINGS LIKE THE TAX RATE THAT WE HAVE, THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING OUR COUNTIES AND OUR CHOOLS THAT COULD BE SIMPLE POLICY CHANGE THAT HELP THEM SAVE MONEY DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP FOCUSED ON INSTEAD OF THE FEDERAL ISSUES THAT SEEM TO HAVE THE DEMOCRATS REALLY FOCUSED ON WHAT'S GOING ON OVER IN WASHINGTON, D.C., NOT WHAT'S GOING ON IN St.

PAUL AND ON MAIN STREET, DOWNTOWN MINNESOTA.

>> WELL, I THINK PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE MAKES LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE.

>> DOES IT?

WHEN YOU'RE -- [ OVERLAPPING CONVERSATION ] >> ONE AT A TIME.

ONE AT A TIME.

>> WHICH ONE?

HIM OR ME?

>> PARENTS WERE NOT ABLE O STAY HOME WITH THEIR NEW BABIES OR TAKE CARE OF THEIR SICK PARENTS, IT'S NOT LIKE THOSE THINGS WERE HAPPENING WITHOUT CARE, PEOPLE WERE HIRING PEOPLE TO DO THAT WORK, CHILD CARE AND SENIOR CARE.

>> UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE GOT COUNTIES IN MY DISTRICT WHO ARE NO LONGER EMPLOYING MORE OFFICERS, THEY'RE NOT EMPLOYING MORE STAFF BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE COSTS ARE SO HIGH TO DO THIS THAT NO LONGER IS THERE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE FOLKS TO GET THOSE TYPES OF JOBS IN THE ABUNDANCE THAT OUR COUNTIES HAD BEEN PLANNING FOR.

SO I'VE SEEN THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN MY EIGHT COUNTIES UP NORTH.

>> Cathy: SAY, QUICK QUESTION, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID IT'S GOING TO CUT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM VARIOUS MINNESOTA PROGRAMS, EDUCATION, HEALTH PROGRAMS, DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THAT COULD BLOW A HOLE IN THE STATE BUDGET AT ALL, HAS ANYONE FIGURED THAT OUT?

>> WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

WE'LL SEE IF IT TRULY DOES HAPPEN.

WHAT WE NEED TO O IS LOOK AT OUR STATE BUDGET WITH THE FORECAST THAT COMES OUT ON THE 27th AND KNOW WHAT CHANGES WE CAN MAKE HERE AND HOW WE CAN PLAN FOARTD FOR THE FUTURE.

>> REPUBLICANS REALLY DO LIKE TO PUT THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND AS WE WATCH THE TRUMP POLICIES RUBBER STAMPED BY THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS AND HOW THEY'RE IMPACTING MINNESOTANS, OUR STATE BUDGET, OUR HEALTHCARE, FOOD SUPPORT, ET CETERA.

IT MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON BUT PEOPLE HERE IN MINNESOTA WHO ARE ELECTED TO REPRESENT MINNESOTANS ARE VOTING FOR IT AND WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

>> Eric: THANK YOU ALL FOR VOIPG US.

JOINING US.

BUSY WEEK.

GOOD LUCK DOWN