John Shaw: “I happen to have the district that is next to the district of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Archer), and I have known…”

“I happen to have the district that is next to the district of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Archer), and I have known the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Archer) for many, many years. In fact, he does not particularly like for me to tell people how long I have known him, but back when I was going to the University of Houston, my senior year in 1970, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Archer) was running for Congress for the first time. At that time, it was the first campaign that I had ever worked in. I never met him. I did not meet him for another 20 years. But I saw a man that I wanted to work for, a man of great integrity, a wonderful conservative, a man of principle, a man that stood for principle. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Archer) was running as a Republican. Back in Texas in the late 1960s and early 1970s, they did not elect Republicans, they shot them. To run as a Republican was pretty near a death sentence if one really wanted to get elected. But the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Archer) stood up. He ran as a Republican. His district saw his great worth, and they elected him. He has served with such distinction.…”