Rep. Tim Burchett

People started calling me, you know, all these national figures that you see, reporters, legitimate reporters like yourself, people from all over the country.

And so I started asking questions.

And I get with Luna and some other folks.

Matt Gates was involved in it at the time.

And we went to the chairman and said, let's have a hearing.

And I think they really, Tucker, I think they just patted us on the head and said, sure, we'll have the hearing, you know, and they're going to make fun of you and go on.

Turned out, I talked to some old timers that were there, reporters.

They said that was the most, the most attended hearing they'd ever had.

They had to open up another room and there were people lined up down the hall.

When I walked out at 10,

I see it was, I guess in the morning I walked out of office, had to be on an early show about it.

At 4.30 in the morning, people were already lined up outside the building and they come from all over the country.

One guy came on his vacation and there was ministers there, there's people.

So it really touched a nerve.

And, you know.

That's exactly right.

The truth.

And they're tired of being told they're idiots.

And, you know, and the funny thing about it all is, is that when I go to speak to groups,

It never fails that somebody of prominence, a doctor, a lawyer, a PR person will come up to me and say, hey, I had an experience.