During a Senate Energy Committee hearing before the congressional recess, Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV) spoke about the importance of the Energy Department.
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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.
03:31Let me start with a question for you.