On the recordJanuary 12, 2017
It is a privilege to be here tonight. As we all get started in a new session, we get started with the newness and excitement. We have already hit the ground running. This Congress is going to be one of action. The American people spoke. They spoke loudly--they have been over the past few years-- saying that the direction of our country needed to change. By changing, they meant change toward a government that is more conservative, one that is listening to them and hasn't forgot that it is not about the government worker that we are about in this place and not about government in and of itself, but it is about what government does for the American people. Tonight, as I have taken on my role as the vice chair in the Republican Conference, we have been talking about how we can introduce our Members and also work to get our messaging out. Tonight is the first night where we have some of our new freshmen here on the floor, Mr. Speaker, as you can well attest to. We are going to take time just to get to know them, where they came from, introduce them to the floor, and introduce them to what we are going to be about and what their passion is to share with as part of our majority going forward. The first gentleman is a dear friend from my home State of Georgia. He is, as what we call back home a dagg, D-A-G-G. We don't use the extra G, but we will do the first G. How about that? He is a mayor from West Point, Georgia. He understands what real life is about.…
