Doug LaMalfa: “I appreciate being able to sit in on the committee today, on this extremely important topic towards [inaudible] I think…”

It just seems, about the only thing that we hear about, in committee, on the floor, is CO2, climate change, all the time--hounded, hounded, hounded.

I can cite one example in my own district. Elderberry bushes are required to be basically untouched because an elderberry beetle may come along.

the Clean Water Act and many other environmental measures have been weaponized to stop people from doing most things.

So, let's shift gears to high-speed rail in California, one of my favorite things to talk about since it is such a boondoggle and a rat hole in my home State.