Douglas LaMalfa actually said...

Thank you. Thanks for the indulgence on that. We have you here so I would like the opportunity for follow-up.

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 reason...

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.