Rep. Tim Burchett
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And the 100 plus federal agents that were intertwined.
It turned out to be true.
Again, it's how many years later and nobody cares.
I think there's an arrogance associated with being in Congress.
I think there's a complete arrogance.
I always remember one time I was at a UT football game when I was in the legislature and a former member, or well, they're all dead.
Most of the people I served with, a lot of them are,
pulled up, parked illegally, got out of their car and just come strutting across the parking lot.
And my buddy said, you know, who the heck is that?
And I said, he's a pretty big deal in Nashville.
He said, tell him he ain't in Nashville.
He's in Knoxville.
And I, you know, and I've always remembered that because of,
Now, that guy's a judge who was telling me that, my best friend.
But it was just a wake-up moment that I realized early on that everybody has got this fiefdom-type mentality, and it's who can represent better than me?
Nobody.
And I can tell you right now there's probably โ
200,000 people in my district that could probably do a better job than I am.
I'm just hard-headed enough to stick my head out.
Yeah, and they see the security issues now too.