a pretty good job of getting that done. johnathan. >> i want to ask about the decision to cut the national institutes of health budget by 9%. it is a very important part of the government funding medical research. director mulvaney yesterday acknowledged the private sector can't fill that gap. when there are rare diseases we need a robust government presence. the government provided medical innovation. how do you square those things when you're cutting nih by 19%? many conservatives wanted to increase the budget. >> director mulvaney, somebody asked him during the q. and a. period the same question. >> he suggested it wouldn't -- my take from listening to him yesterday was it wouldn't be cut. >> this is an assumption in washington, johnathan, if you get less money it's a cut. and i think that the reality is that in a lot of these, there's efficiencies, due pligs at this, ways to spend money better.