vital to every state, including the state of missouri. that being said, what -- if you had to rank in order the most egregious, the most burdensome andry dick louis -- and ridiculous regulations that your industry faces, what are the top three? mr. baker: well, first of all, i apologize for not mentioning your district. i would have loved to but i found congress is very strict about the five-minute -- mr. burlison: you're welcome to come to southwest missouri. it's beautiful. mr. baker: i will happily accept that invitation. i would love to join. maybe combine it with a visit to the chairman's district also. mr. burlison: sounds good. mr. baker: boy, the most egregious. i will say, one, which is really more kind of red tape than a regulation, but on the chrissy grants, whether they come, there are recipients of the grants who just ask for permission to use pre-award authority, that's basically to spend their own money at risk before the grant gets finalized, just so they can get things going, buy materials, for instance, hire engineers, hire contractors, start the work. it's hard to get authority for the pre-approval. for the life of me, i