Doug LaMalfa: “We really need your strong voice in those discussions you have with fellow Secretaries, and in the Administration.”

I was able to get my stuff done there and do something right today, so I appreciate your indulgence.

And now they want to electrify everything from your car or your truck to your barbecue, OK? Because it is just a fad now.

Now, if you were a miner, if you were anybody else, that would probably be life in prison for what they are doing there.

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.