I have this idea of what I'd like to do with more like a corporate show, especially towards the Washington crowd someday. But right now one of the things is Seniority really matters in Congress and you gotta be around a little bit in order to actually have that extra lever of being a subcommittee chair or something to get something done. And I'm actually close to that on appropriations. Two of my subcommittees, the only people ahead of me are in their 80s. So I just turned 60. (1:00:18–1:00:26)
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Asserts that seniority is important in Congress for gaining influential positions like subcommittee chair.
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