And how much further can we crush the working families in America, especially in California, here in the Central Valley, where I've got a fairly low income district in a fairly rich state, my families in my district are getting crushed by energy costs. Pacific Gas, Electric, the big utility here in California, has just announced that next year there will be a 32% increase in their power costs. And so we've already got a 24 cent per kilowatt power cost for families that work on these farms, that live in these 105 degree climates during the summer, can't afford to run the air conditioner as it is. (10:31–10:42)
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