On the recordApril 28, 2010
They would have literally rode me out of town on a rail. The people in my district are conservatives. Whether Republicans or Democrats, they are conservatives, and they don't believe in government takeovers. They don't believe in governments solving problems that people can solve for themselves. Regardless of party, I think they are appalled by what is going on. Last night, for instance--and, in fact, today--we have the President in my district. He had a closed meeting with some folks versus an open meeting where the people could have actually spoken to him and where they could have actually listened to what's going on, which is concerning to me because, here in D.C., we hear more lecturing than we do listening from him, and it's unfortunate, because I think there are a lot of people who have a lot of good things to say, and a lot of information could be transferred back and forth. At the end of the day, I think the folks in my district--and there were 1,100 people at a rally last night in a town of 5,000, and they weren't supporting what the President was doing.
