timothy simon and michael williams at of texas and california, you have two who are right in the middle of this energy debate. this energy policy. you would think they might be at the table. you can make an argument that we are getting worse. we continue to chip away at. we will continue to chip away at it. tavis: i hear the definition you offered. let me take my staff at defining worse. i do not expect you to say this. whatever disagreements and whatever issues we have disagreed about, we have always maintained a wonderful friendship. i think i can say that. a wonderful brotherhood. i have never heard you say stuff that i've found to be uncivil. and mean-spirited and nasty. i cannot say that about mr. west out of florida. even though there are a couple of african-american members of the house to happen to be republican. tim scott add of south carolina. -- out of south carolina. you have to and scott, alan west, on any given day, this guy just goes off the rails. is that what it takes to be a black conservative? you have to say outrageous stuff like this every other day. >> i can only s