Eric Cantor

And as you say, I think...

Overall, the framework and the environment is more constructive now.

Certainly in Washington, when people look to the regulatory impact, we have sort of come out from under this very, very negative regulatory outlook that we had in the prior administration.

I think with this president and this administration, I think there is just sort of an acceptance that you're never really going to know for certain anything because of the way that

You know, the rapidity that things are about in Washington, the way that President Trump sort of approaches, you know, the power he's got and the position, very unique.

But I think on the whole, it's a much more constructive regulatory environment.

And you just don't have this overhang that you had in the prior Biden administration where, you know, there was really an anti-business sentiment.

And if you just remember, it's like...

eons ago, but with the likes of Lena Kahn and Jonathan Kanter, they were sitting in these spots in the head of the antitrust regulators, and they really definitionally said, if you are bigger, that is bad, and therefore we are not really inclined to allow you to do it.

Whereas this administration, it's not like it was under the Bush administration, but it's certainly much more constructive than they like to do deals.

David, I still remain a limited government, free market Republican and conservative.

So it's obviously something very new to me to see that the government wants to take a stake in a business and or a toll if it's an export.

That is something that is obviously, and I think for the majority of the members,

that are in the Congress now, it is something that's very new.

But I do think it's much more in keeping with what President Trump's about and what his career's been about.

It's all about deal-making.

And I think if you look at sort of the intel situation and what happened there, it was more of a response to the disdain that the White House had for the CHIPS Act and just giving away monies and instead say, hey, we need to do something for the taxpayers.

Now, where I have an issue is the governance rights.

You know, that is, you know, it's not as if the federal government has not stepped in before.

I mean, you and I were down there when the great financial crisis happened and a lot of bailouts.