Dusty Johnson: “We are going to have some comments from some friends of Mr. Kelly Armstrong who is leaving us to serve as the Governor…”

“We are going to have some comments from some friends of Mr. Kelly Armstrong who is leaving us to serve as the Governor of North Dakota. I suppose I will kick it off. Harry Truman famously said: ``You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.'' I am a big fan of Mr. Truman, so I assume that he was telling the truth. When I first got to Washington, I assumed that it would be easier for me to find a pit of vipers in Washington than a true friend. I will be clear: There are plenty of vipers in Washington, but I discovered that there was also Kelly Armstrong. {time} 1900 I did not want to like Kelly Armstrong. It just seemed a little too cute to have the Dakota boys run together, yet somehow, we just clicked. From the very beginning, we have been fast friends. We were almost inseparable at the start, so much so that people would confuse us. They would think that he was me or that I was him, despite the fact that we don't look anything alike. I am suave and sexy, and Mr. Armstrong is something else, perhaps. Anyway, there was indeed confusion about who we were. I remember one day at the back of this Chamber where a distracted and confused Mr. Armstrong came in and put in his card. This was our first week in the House, Mr. Speaker. He hit red, a ``no'' vote, on a Republican motion to recommit.…”