Tim Burchett

tracked, at least the cell phones.

They gave me a cell phone when I first got to Congress.

I said, I don't want it.

They gave you a cell phone?

They gave us all a cell phone.

They gave everybody a cell phone.

And I got my own.

I'm sure if they want it, they can get it.

I'm pretty small potatoes.

I'm the 435th most powerful member of Congress.

But the real corruption in Congress is in the structure.

And Eli alluded to it very eloquently earlier about the funding, how you have to raise money.

You raise money for your conference.

You're issued a bill when you get there.

Everybody is, the Democrats and the Republicans.

Everybody talks about it.

And, you know, they'll tell you, we're going to see how you do on your committee selections if you want to move up, how you do, you know, on your bills and how you're doing and how you do across the street.

And what that means is you're not supposed to be technically supposed to make fundraising calls from the office.

You have to go across the street to Capitol Hill Club or someplace else and how much money you raise for the conference.

Literally, we've had committee chairmen that have written a personal check and been made chairman of committees.