Rep. Tim Burchett
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I just don't, the more and more I know about government, you know, I've been in this gift before and I've walked out.
And I remember one time I called my wife.
I said, honey, go to the store and buy canned goods.
We're completely wide open.
She said, all right, sweetie.
we got some enhanced stock portfolios and I'll give you a good, a great example.
When Joe Biden gave our military, or excuse me, our missile defense system, you know, I haven't voted for a penny for Ukraine.
I'm proud of that.
It's not my dad going to war.
I'm not sending my 18 year old daughter to a,
a country that most members of Congress couldn't find on a dadgum globe.
And so you have, we give them our missile defense system, and then we have to replenish ours, which we should.
We can't be left naked without any of that defense.
And guess what?
Some of those contractors we described get a multi-billion with a B dollar no-bid contract.
And who do you think has bought stock in that company?
Yeah.
members of Congress, two weeks prior to the president making that official notice.
And you see it time and time again.
I mean, do you honestly believe members of Congress are making five and six?