On the recordJune 22, 1998
Serving in this body has been something that I could never have dreamed about when I was a kid growing up in rural Alabama. I had never been to the capital of Alabama, Montgomery, let alone to think someday I would be able to come to the Capitol of the United States and represent a half a million people. So it has really been a tremendous experience for me. I defend this body and I defend the Members in this body, because I believe that if we take all 435 of us and we put us up to the scrutiny and put 435 average citizens across this country up to the same scrutiny, that we would stack up very, very well among the rank and file of people in this country. We all want the same things for our country, for our States, and for our families. We just have a little bit different way sometimes how we want to get there.
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