John Rice Carter: “Absolutely. You know, a story I love to tell, because it was so funny, Kevin Brady, our colleague from Texas, was a…”

“Absolutely. You know, a story I love to tell, because it was so funny, Kevin Brady, our colleague from Texas, was a chamber of commerce representative for a long time before he came to Congress. Of course, he worked for the local county commissioners, courts and city council and things like that. Well, when we were in Ramadi we walked into the market, and there was this old man, and he looked like the ancient age, sitting in the chair in front of a kind of a destroyed shop. Right next door was another shop where a guy was putting wares out and getting ready to sell something. We were walking in with the general and also with the newly-elected mayor. Well, immediately he called to have the mayor come over there, and he told the mayor, he said, ``Look,'' he said. ``You fixed his shop up. I want to know what the timetable is for fixing my shop up.'' And the mayor said, ``Oh, well, you know, we are getting the resources in. We will get it done.'' He said, ``Well, I am going to hold you to your promise, and I am going to come by the city hall and I am going to check on this, because I need my shop up so I can start operating too.'' Brady leaned over to me and says, ``It sounds like somebody at the city council meeting in The Woodlands in Texas.'' So, you know, that is the kind of normalcy we want to see start to happen, where people are starting to think about living their life, not dodging and ducking for their life. So to me that is a good story.…”