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Derrick Van Orden: “I'm the longest serving enlisted member of the United States…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Congressman Derrick Van Orden Addresses the VFW | 126th VFW National Convention

Published | Video Starts at 03:03

How are you doing? Okay. All right. Navy chief. Navy pride. Yeah. Yep. Commander. I am out of uniform. Commander. I am in uniform. This guy didn't mention was. I'm the longest serving enlisted member of the United States military to ever get elected to Congress in the history of our nation. Yep. You know what that means? It means I've cleaned a lot of shitters. I have. Sorry, ladies. That's how this night's gonna go. I'm an incredibly proud member of the vfw. (03:03–03:12)

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