Phil Gingrey: “it is an honor indeed to be a part of this time tonight to introduce our new Members of the Republican majority, and it…”

“it is an honor indeed to be a part of this time tonight to introduce our new Members of the Republican majority, and it is my distinct pleasure to talk about three of them, two who are from my State of Georgia who will be representing the sixth and the eighth congressional districts. First of all, let me talk briefly about Dr. Tom Price. Dr. Price is an orthopedic surgeon. I have known him for many years. He served in the Georgia senate for 8 years, the past 8 years, and actually was a mentor to me when I was first elected to the senate and served for 4 years. Dr. Price at that time was the minority whip and went on to become the first senate majority leader, Republican majority leader, in the history of the Georgia general assembly. As I say, Dr. Price has practiced medicine in northwest Atlanta for over 20 years as an orthopedic surgeon. He comes to the Congress to represent the sixth district and will do an absolutely fantastic job as he did in the Georgia general assembly. And it is certainly my honor, as a physician Member, to have a fellow physician serving with me. I think that will make eight or nine physician Members, Mr. Speaker, in the United States Congress, and to have two of them from the State of Georgia and actually two who represent the same county, Cobb County, that has got to be unprecedented. Tom Price is married to his wife, Elizabeth, Betty, who is also a physician; and they have a 12-year-old son, Robert.”