Doug LaMalfa: “this is a relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes.”

Farmers like the current conservation programs that are out there, EQIP and the others, but this new one here is going to require them to jump through hoops in order to maybe be competitive or not.

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.

Mrs. Napolitano's proposed legislation would hopefully allow that to be more widespread.

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.