Tim Burchett

And then they sort of

blew it off, and then I go see the staff of these committees, and that's the real problem in Washington.

Reagan said it best.

Don't term limit

politicians, term limit staff, you know, I go in there and I'm told, yeah, well, I think we want to just talk about this Chinese hot air balloons, what we want to really talk about.

I said, no, hell no, that's not, excuse my language, heck no.

We want to talk about mad gum UFOs, what people are calling us about constantly.

I mean, it was just getting so much airplay.

And then I was told by some old timers, which was kind of cool,

They said that, you know, Tim, I've been here, some of them have been here 10, 15 years and said that was the most attended committee that they could remember.

They had to open up another room so people could be there.

I walked out, I was on Fox that morning and I was going out, I left my office at 4.30 in the morning and I was outside and I remember it was hot because it was summertime and there was people already outside

lining up that had come from all over the country on their own dime.

I mean, these weren't like wealthy people.

I mean, one guy said, this is our vacation this year.

We're coming to this dadgum committee meeting.

And Joe, they were lined up around the hall, around everywhere.

And that's where I met Sean Ryan and a bunch of people.

And it was just, it was amazing to me.

And