Mm-hmm.

So since I was the candidate of the administration, I was tasked to tell Senator Enrile that, "We're gonna support you because I didn't get the votes, uh, and you will be our, you know, candidate for Senate president." So I went to his house, and then when I told him, uh, before I left, he said, "You know," uh, sabi niya, "Kiko, the Senate committee on agriculture, you know, is available.

Are you interested?" I said, "Let me think about it.

Uh, I'll, I'll let you know tomorrow." Um, I, I wasn't even in the committee on agriculture, uh, before that.

I was majority leader, so I'm familiar with the challenges of agriculture.

But it is-- it was always a much sought-after committee, which I didn't ask for.

So I thought about it, and then I realized the 2010 campaign was about poverty and corruption.

Mm-hmm.