Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today as the chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, and it is the largest bipartisan and bicameral caucus in the United States Congress. Every year we have an annual congressional shootout, which consists of sporting clays, trap, and skeet shotgunning, and it is a competition between Republican Members of Congress who are members of the Sportsmen's Caucus and Democratic Members of Congress who are members of the Sportsmen's Caucus. This year, we had 28 shooters, and I am pleased to say that the Republican team once again retained the trophy for another year. We also had some individual competitions going on, and I would like to recognize those Members of Congress. The Top Gun Member of Congress this year goes to Representative John Rutherford from Florida. Now, Mr. Speaker, this was his first time at this event, and he had the second highest score for a Member of Congress since the year 2010. He shot 61 out of a total possible 75. We also had a Top Gun Republican Member, Richard Hudson from North Carolina. We had a Top Gun Democrat. That was Representative Mike Thompson from California, who always shoots well. I like shooting against him. Of course, I won the Top Skeet Award. Duncan Hunter from California won the Top Trap, and the Top Sporting Clays was Representative Austin Scott, who is also the co-vice chair on the Republican side for the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus.…”