John Buechner: “I have spent 16 years in elective office in my life, always in the minority. And when the Republicans get control of the…”

“I have spent 16 years in elective office in my life, always in the minority. And when the Republicans get control of the House, I end up in the Democratic well. I guess I am just, it is forecasted that this is what is going to happen. I do want to say that it is irrelevant which side of the well I am on, because what I want to talk about is the absolute success that we were able to enjoy with the dinner. We cannot talk about the nitty-gritty things about dollars and cents, but I will say that what we have been able to achieve takes what the Stennis Center has been able to give to us and leapfrogs us into a completely different dimension. When we started on this effort, the old maxim was that if there is anybody cheaper than sitting Members of Congress, it is former Members of Congress. But throughout the efforts of so many people from all across the United States, and I want you to remember that Lou Frey was operating this out of Florida, and it was a real labor of love that he was contacting people that he had served with and getting them energized. And probably one of most amazing things that occurred was the accumulation of so many fine pieces of memorabilia that we were able to engage in the auction phase of it.”