I might just convey to the audience that might be watching this that this is not an obituary. I am not going to die, and I am not going to go away. I am going to be back again next year because I have no opposition; and, as a result, I am going to be the chairman of another committee. I think whatever committee I get, it is going to be a committee whereby I will have some chips to pass around this House, and maybe it will not be as difficult as this has been.
James T. Callahan: “I might just convey to the audience that might be watching this that this is not an obituary. I am not going to die, and…”
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Discussing his future plans and committee chairmanship during a House floor speech.
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