joining us now from the select usa investment summit the man at the forefront of the u.s. energy issues, energy secretary rick perry. used to call him governor all the time been on the show so many times mr. secretary, we'll call you now. it's great to see you. thanks for being with us >> thank you, joe. >> you know, i look at the renaissance over the past, let's call it, ten years in the energy industry, and maybe it wouldn't have been -- maybe it deserved closing, when you were talking about it, mr. secretary, back then but now, i mean, things change this is one of the growth industries, and manufacturing renaissance industries in the united states, and i would be excited to be secretary, too, and i think you are. >> very true and it's always good to keep people on their toes as we go through this budget process obviously, you know, president trump is looking to deal with the deficit that we've got it's reflected in his budget and the good news from his perspective and i hope...