I agree with that. Now you know, let us say something that is positive here. We are having an enormous change in our Nation. You know, Zach was talking about it is a mirror image. But what the people of America see when they see us debating here is a change that cannot take place in any other government in the world. We are changing. I mean, we have cut $40 billion out of the budget this year, you see, for this year. We have cut spending like we have, and how have we done it? We have done it through debate, and there are some people that are still suffering. There are still some people that are still bitter, and reconciliation is a real key. But let us change topics a second. What can we do, what permission do we have from our voters to get to know each other than on this floor, and how is the best way to do it? Now, I think we have thrown aside the trips that we take for pleasure and all the things, all the excesses that way. But what are some of the things, because that is what happens, is when you sit there and you know that you have been at a prayer breakfast with so and so, or you have been on a committee with so and so. But what can we do to promote our getting to know each other better away from the floor?
Jay Dickey: “I agree with that. Now you know, let us say something that is positive here. We are having an enormous change in our…”
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Discussing the importance of personal connections among lawmakers during a period of budget cuts.
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