I like the way you think. You are right. Send it back with the defunding restored, and repeal a few noxious elements of the law itself while you are at it.
I do it everyday, I fix commercial kitchen equipment it restaurants. When I give the owner a price, say, $500.00 and they ask for a better price. My answer is, okay $550.00.
When they react, I say well it's a better price for me!
Then they say oh okay $500 and I say no, the price is now $550.
Now it's Friday afternoon and they need their pizza oven working, they are pissed but they pay it and they never try that with me again.