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Derrick Van Orden: “We produce a billion more pounds of cheese than the next…”

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

Representative-elect Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-03) On How Speaker-elect McCarthy Recruited Him

Published December 20, 2022 | Video Starts at 07:56

But I view my primary purpose in Congress is to represent my state, which is Wisconsin. And we are the dairy state, for Pete's sakes. We produce a billion more pounds of cheese than the next state and that's California. So we're pretty impressive, actually. Totally impressive. I love cheese. I'll bring you some. Talk to me about Luke Fickle though, because you went and got an Ohio State guy to coach the Badgers. (07:56–08:01)

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