Douglas LaMalfa actually said...

"We have to find a way to work around the Endangered Species Act and other environmental laws that are set in place for obviously good reasons but can be challenging and cumbersome to actually get good..."

"So please, anybody on the panel that was-- you are nodding your head, too--send your thoughts along as I have run myself out of time here."

"Yes, indeed, had California been required to do the high-speed rail--I call it high-cost rail--project on its own without Federal help."

"We have multinational cartels up there getting away with this as farms go dry, and even water for fire suppression is taken away."