$17.4 billion of federal funds. dave, didn t we see texas using 8 billion to pay recurring state expenses? texas tribune? i mean, he is talking out of both sides of his mouth or he is talking out of his mouth while putting money in his state-run pockets. this is the height of hypocrisy. yeah, rick perry doesn t like federal money. so until he actually needs it. as you mention in 2009, texas would not have been able to balance its budget without federal stimulus money. just in 2009 alone, we took $12 billion, in federal money to balance our budget. and that s 12 billion out of 17 billion you re talking about. so, yeah, he was talking about how terrible the stimulus was. he was talking about how we don t want federal money, we don t need federal money in texas. he turned down unemployment funds. in 2009, i was just showing