I'm strongly opposed to it.

If WIPP can be used for a repository, if the State wants to do that, it seems to me that there may be other places too.

We'll write it down and hold you to it.

Will SpaceX be able to compete?

And when would that competition begin? When would the first year be when a new company can compete?

I think we are both in agreement. Are we?

You had farmers in bread lines. It was really a terrible, terrible situation.

California, I should say, America's largest agriculture State is California.

Even though they have been found to be wanting.

We have a no earmarks policy.

We've got a big water problem coming up, Mike, and in contrast to last year's near-record level precipitation, 2012 looks to be a fairly dry year.

You have a responsibility. I have a responsibility. The White House has a responsibility.

that's tragic, because it could be, I'm not saying it would be, but it could be a savings of many billion dollars, if they're competitive.

In 2009 when we had a similar situation, you had 45 percent unemployment.

Well, as I recall in 2009, we got about 450,000 acre-feet from a number of administrative changes...

Well, that's really what I mean by adaptive management of the pumps.

Well, not if you get flooded. And, you know, the chances of it getting flooded are much greater than ever having to use the W61 warhead.

The Administration has all of the clout. Therefore, it has the responsibility.