as another freshman who has not yet spoken to the chairman of the Committee on Rules, I would like to note that I served in county government. The gentleman from California [Mr. Bilbray] and I were both on boards of supervisors, and I balanced 14 budgets. One of the things we would never have done in my former job in local government was to leave town until the job was done.
Discussing experiences in local government during a House floor speech.
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