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Jay Dickey: let me introduce one other thought to this discussion, and that is good humor. I know you all have it, and we kid each…

On the recordMay 1, 1996
let me introduce one other thought to this discussion, and that is good humor. I know you all have it, and we kid each other a lot. But you know, if we could get our personalities in this thing and do jokes some, you knows, there are some good things that can be said in the heat of a debate. We can laugh, and there is nothing wrong with it. Now some people, if you bring good humor to debate here, they say that is not congressional, you see. But if we use it as part of a dose of medicine, it is awfully good. Now, I want to suggest something here that might seem a little trivial, it is, that we have V chips. You understand that we all have V chips. When we get over the line and we bring the politics in, somehow we cut off like we do on television. We can do it. One of you all mentioned that we can go up to our colleagues, particularly those on the same side of the aisle, and say you have gone over the line a little bit, the V chip went off, you see. But what do you all think of good humor and how have you seen it work to help and, Billy, you probably have story after story.
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Jay Dickey
Arkansas

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Discussing the role of humor in congressional debates.

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