Raised several “amens” while watching president Donald J. Trump’s campaign rally in Milwaukee Tuesday.

Trump spoke about jobs, the lowest unemployment rates for minorities in history, the soaring stock market, stronger stances in international trade that is reaping benefits in the United States, reinvigorated respect in the international community and, a conservative favorite, reduced government regulation and interference in our lives.

At one point, Trump laughed that he was bothering to talk about sinks, showers, toilets, dishwashers, washing machines and light bulbs. These are the mundane essentials of American life and they’ve been trampled on by, what are in many cases, hairbrained environmental ideas. To Trump, they’re indicative of government overreach.

Our recent spin to western Washington included a stay in a Sound-view and sound-scape room in a seaport town. The windy night brought waves crashing on the rocks outside our balcony, but the bracing hot shower–or should I say ‘lack thereof’–was a prelude to Trump’s rally speech. Water dribbled out of the shower head, another sign of misguided policies foisted upon the populace to save water. The sink gushed happily, but the shower only put out a mist.

Behind this, we suspect, is some regulation for public facilities like hotels and restaurants, to save water and energy.

We have a washing machine that is a couple years old, with all the latest features that emphasizes that you’re a total idiot and need governmental intervention. Set on normal, it washes your clothes. Put those clothes on and you’ll itch thanks to the soap residue still in the fabric. You can guess where this comes from: some California eco-freak got legislation through that sets new, conservation-minded standards for things like toilets, dish washers, and washing machines. And when it becomes law in California, it’s built into products for the rest of the U.S. because the Golden State is such a huge market.

So we run everything on deep water with extra deep water rinse. Those touting conservation seem oblivious to the fact that it takes a certain amount of water, soap, agitation and rinsing to clean garments. (By the way, science has proved the lower temperatures does not kill bacteria in socks. Our water

I’ve confirmed this with an appliance repair company, by the way.

Trump said as much, pointing out that these conservation efforts are useless, as we run the machine extra times or with more rinse cycles, or whatever to get the desired outcome. He mockingly punched the dishwasher button five, six, seven times, during his rally speech.

Lightbulbs! In short, energy conservation legislation has been rolled back making incandescent light bulbs—if that’s what you want to use—available, unless you’re in California. Don’t know about you, but I like the light from those bulbs better than the compact fluorescents. LED bulbs are better than CFs, but expensive!

And Trump made a clear point: CF and LED bulbs are to be disposed at a recycling place, not in the trash. What do most people do? You can figure that one out.

We’d rather have an old washing machine that you can start with the lid open so it’s filling while you’re tossing in clothing, are able to add the detergent to the water, and open the lid a few minutes later to add the odd sock or shirt. Today’s washing machine lids give you about 90 seconds, then a solenoid snaps, locking the lid closed.

We’d rather have a shower with hot water that’s over in a few minutes rather than lather up and then gyrate and pivot trying to get under tiny streams that sort of rinse you off.

What he’s getting at is getting oppressive governmental regulations out of our lives. If someone wants a water-conserving toilet that they have to flush three times, have at it. If someone wants a 300-watt incandescent light bulb, more power to them.