like theonally do not word energy independence. oil is a global commodity.ver happens, even if everything we consume here is produced here, whatever happens if there is a commodity overseas, if there is a big national disaster there, we will feel the effects. we have made in norma's strides in the country and increase our oil production by a couple million barrels already. we're looking at continued increased production next year. that has implications for economic growth at home and how we are perceived and seen around the world. >> what are the numbers you look at? fall, does the outlook for u.s. production change? it becomes not as profitable for our producers to go out and find oil? >> a remarkable story about american production, the unconventional side of american production is that the cost goes down. where the cost reductions will be affected if the price goes down below a certain level. as we go the next year or two, we will see the limits of price go down further due to the great technology advancements the american companies are going through. wha

think whatthink -- i texas gop,g is the and i would say the republican theonal committee, took threat of battleground texas pretty seriously. look at sec reports, the investing in texas for about a year and a half on the ground with hispanic engagement operations, regional offices, and i would say that texas gop itself is one of the best parties in hispanic engagement that there is in this country, along with great abbott.es like greg thatdo believe battleground texas did a lot of registeringere in re hispanic voters. and, again, i just think they up the party and if we don't start paying attention to recruiting volunteers and engaging hispanic voters in that it's possible the party could have a problem in years to come. you is thatill tell we don't plan on slowing down in in texas.ment i already know what our budget is going to be for next year in spending on the ground in texas, and it's going to be because we we have to hold and get better in texas, because while i be a think it's going to problem in 2016, if we were to just forget about texas and think everything is going to be th