G. K. Butterfield: “I could guarantee passage if my Republican friends would just work with us, not just throw one-liners at us but just…”

The State supreme court ruled that the congressional map was an extreme, intentional partisan gerrymander and directed legislature to fix it.

Let me also just say to my colleagues that I had every intention of being with you today.

I listened very carefully to the gentleman from Arkansas, and I respect his position, but I just want to remind my colleagues that in my State and most States these organizations that are not nonprofits who care about the environment and…

I had spent thirty years in a courtroom before coming to Congress, and, you know, in a courtroom, the rules are so much different than the rules for ethics for Members of Congress.