Rep. Tim Burchett

Listen, if Congress...

was the NFL, Peyton Manning would still be waiting to get in.

Because to get there, early on, the lobbyists will, you know, you see the favorites and the fair-haired child of both parties and how they kind of promote them.

And the media promotes them.

It's all a game.

It's all a game.

And then all of a sudden, oh, wow, they're in the press.

I'm going to write them a check.

And then they gain all this money.

And they nurture them and bring them along, you know.

And then, lo and behold, they're moving up the leadership chart.

And then all of a sudden, they're a chairman.

I remember when I first got to Congress, our then leader, who's no longer in Congress, said, hey, man, I sometimes will mentor some people, and I'd love to mentor you.

And I said, great.

And so they started checking around on me.

And then guess what?

I never got another mentoring session because I didn't do the game.

When I first got to Congress, I remember I went to my – there's like a selection committee that allows you to get on certain committees.

And I'm not – I've been in Congress eight years, and I'm still not on an A committee, obviously.

And they said –