Brian Bilbray: “The 6-foot to me sounds absolutely absurd, as somebody who grew up crossing that border.”

I think that we can gain a lot of credibility by being as tough on our fellow government agencies as we are on the private sector.

How much interrelationship, or communication do you have with the Interior Department about opening up public lands for mining of these rare earths?

The Agency has a responsibility that you do not have the mentality of crucifying people that may not be too guilty, but you've got to make your point.

Mr. Bunker, I think you and everybody else that's required to enforce either a law or regulation understands that when the Legislature passes a law, there's always the assumption of discretionary enforcement.