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16:55 format, a different formula to fully fund these schools? And so we've got to go back to the drawing board, we've got to get all stakeholders at the table, and we've got to come up with a different formula that allows us, without dipping into other pots, and figure out a way to fully fund these schools. And so how do we do that? We do that by collectively coming together, all sides, no matter where you're from or what you believe, and figuring out a way to get the job done. Thank you. >> Thank you. Candidate Waters. >> Well, first off, it's maybe not the right question to ask me, because I'm a timber guy. So you know, we've seen the lowest reduction in timber sales in over 25 years from the DNR, which directly go and fund our schools. We also saw secure rural schools, which go to our most, that's a federal payment that goes to our rural schools.

17:50 The state took a 30% cut on that this year, and took out 8.4 million from our public schools. So we've got to go back and fix that. Timber is huge. Timber goes, and it directly funds. But I'll say this. We've seen right now the lowest record of bonds and levies passed in the state. And what do we do to fix that? And I think you're going to see, we had McCleary about six or eight years ago. We're going to see McCleary 2.0. We have to. And kind of like Candidate Chrisley said, we have to get back in the room. They have to get stuck in the room. My Senator, Paul Harris, will hate hearing that, because he was part of McCleary 1.0, but he knows he needs to be part of McCleary 2.0. And I would love to be part of that as well. So thank you. Thank you. Candidate Chrisley, what's an equitable way to finance the maintenance of transportation infrastructure in our state? Yeah, I mean, listen, infrastructure is one of the basic premises of what we do as a government.

18:47 And so we're talking roads, bridges, transit. And so what we're doing now is, you know, obviously, when we collect those taxes from our tags and gas, those are the money that's supposed to be going for our roads and bridges.