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John Rhodes: “Jack, thank you very much. Jack mentioned that the root meaning of the word ``parliament'' is talk. Jack demonstrates…”

On the recordApril 17, 2008
Jack, thank you very much. Jack mentioned that the root meaning of the word ``parliament'' is talk. Jack demonstrates the fact that he really is a parliamentarian, because there's nothing about which he cannot talk at length. I wonder, though, if you know what the root meaning of the word Congress is. If you look up Congress in a dictionary, the first definition is sexual intercourse. Then it gets into what you said it was, which is conversation amongst others. Fortunately, I think that we mostly do the latter, I hope. Another of our international programs is something that I would like to have our friend Beverly Byron from Maryland report on. We have done quite a number of external programs that Beverly is an expert on and will share her expertise with us, hopefully as a Congressman and not as a Parliamentarian.
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John Rhodes
Republican · Arizona
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Discussing the meanings of 'parliament' and 'Congress' during a floor speech.

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