Jodey Arrington: “I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his comments, and what a strong leader he has been for our freshmen class, and…”

“I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his comments, and what a strong leader he has been for our freshmen class, and what a great representation of his district in the great State of Georgia. And who knows better about the challenges of sustaining rural communities than a mayor who is fighting the fight at the local level. And so I am just so grateful that he spoke from his heart this evening about our friends and family and our neighbors back home in small town America. I have got another good friend and a guy who knows something about rural America. His district takes up almost the entire State of Nebraska. He has had Nebraska as his home and his family's home for six generations. He served at the local level and at the State level, but his greatest claim to fame is that he married a good friend of mine who served with me in the George W. Bush White House, Andrea. And I didn't know him before Andrea, but she has done a great job of cleaning him up, and I look forward to his comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the Representative from Nebraska's Third District (Mr. Smith).”