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The first day, yes. Obviously. It was

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headlines and light bulbs and things like that:

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little kid glove treatment. You know,

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finding me a place to stay, taking me to lunch,

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stuff like that. But after that, the

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honeymoon was over. I was just one of the boys.

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A couple of the Congressmen made an effort

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to introduce themselves, to welcome me,

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and make sure I felt comfortable.

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I remember one of the bigger thrills I had,

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even though I worked on the GOP side,

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which was the minority, the Speaker of the House,

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John McCormack, called me up to his big chair.

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And I’m like, “What does he want?

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What do you mean he wants me up there?”

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I went up. He just wanted to welcome me

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to Washington and the Hill, and shake my

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hand and say good luck, which was a big

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thrill to me. You’ve got all of the House

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of Representatives looking at you. I mean,

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it wasn’t over the microphones or anything. There

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was some business being conducted, and he did this

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silently to everybody in the room,

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but everybody could see it. It was just a

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huge thrill for me. I’ve always been, even as

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a youngster, somewhat of a political junkie.

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So, this fell right into my dream, I guess.