00:00Well, before I get started, and I'm going to be really short and sweet,
00:05you know, I've got to tell you a little story.
00:09And this centers around Senator DeHauvin.
00:13But the story is just this.
00:17A long time ago, my dad was sitting at a pool bar in the pool with Lawson Hamilton.
00:26And Dad had been working really, really hard on trying to come up with the keys to Emerald City
00:33in regard to how a high wall miner works.
00:37And he was trying to basically go into the high wall with a round hole and come back with a square hole.
00:45And he looked in the bottom of the pool, and there was this circle with this square around it.
00:51And he said, there it is Lawson, right there.
00:56Right there it is Lawson.
00:58And Mr. Hamilton was telling me this story, and he kept looking back at me and saying,
01:03I didn't know what to say to your dad.
01:05I thought, you know, possibly your dad had lost his mind.
01:08Because he kept saying, there it is Lawson, right there.
01:11Right there it is.
01:13Well, I was struggling with this striking resemblance, you know, between Mr. Housefight and our Senator Hovind.
01:24But I got it now.
01:26I got it.
01:27And I get it and everything.
01:29The resemblance is without question there and everything.
01:32And, you know, the youth, the passion, the wisdom, absolutely I've got it.
01:38And so it took me a little while to see the circle and the square, but I've got it now.
01:44Listen.
01:45Senator, that's why everybody likes you.
01:47I'm telling you right now.
01:49But I would tell you just this.
01:52You know, I can ask you questions, and they may sound important.
01:57We are really blessed, really, really blessed to have three nominees like these.
02:03I mean, that's all there is to it.
02:06And so, you know, I congratulate you in every way.
02:12I've looked at the questions and thought about it and everything and thought, you know,
02:16I am absolutely just going to waste your time and maybe mine too.
02:22I congratulate you, and we have got to have these nominees.
02:26That's all there is to it.
02:27You will do amazing work, and I know you will.
02:31You know, I just, I can feel it in my heart, and I really listen to my heart maybe more than my mind a lot of times.
02:41But I think you'll be fantastic beyond belief.
02:45The only other thing I can say is just this.
02:48You know, I go back and I just think just a second about my dad and really how hard that he tried, and we started with nothing.
03:01And I mean nothing.
03:04And how proud he would be of all of y'all.
03:09You're young, and go to work and make us proud.
03:13That's all I've got.
03:14God bless you.
03:15I'm deferring the rest of my time.
03:17Thank you, Senator Justice.
03:18Senator Hickenlooper.
03:19Thank you, Mr. Chair.
03:22And thank all of you for all the work you've done and for being willing to put yourselves out and commit yourselves to public service for who knows how long.
