Both parties will have 50 or 60 people working in staff positions. And those staffs, members get

really cozy with the lobbyist. And you come in there and you want a great bill. And you look at a lot

of legislation we pass is really just study bills. And I'll refuse to vote for them.

I was that, you know, it cost a couple million bucks. And then the studies, I told somebody,

it's like that ending scene and raiders

of the lost art you know go goes to that warehouse and brother i've never seen one of those

dead gun studies i've been here eight years so i just quit voting for them but what happens you get a

great bill they're back there somewhere yeah well you get a great bill a great idea for a bill you go

to uh you present it to the committee and so you need to talk to the staff person that handles that. And they go, well, that's a great piece of legislation, but it's not going to pass. And oh, really? Yeah. I tell you what we need to do. Let's make a study of it and then come back next year. Now, our attention span, and I'm guilty of this too in America, it's about 30 minutes. It's like the amount of time we want our pizzas. It's 30 minutes or less. So this staffer knows it and the lobbyist who has his or her ear knows it because they've whined them and dined them on a little trip. Maybe it's illegal. Maybe it's not.

I think there could be something else going on a lot of times with the lobbyist and the staffers.

And they will kill the bill.

And then that's why nothing happens.

And the chairman is unaware of it or doesn't care because the committees are so big.

And it's by design.

And both parties are guilty of this.

So and that that is inertly what is wrong with Washington.

All right, Congressman Tim Burchett, you clearly understand the weather in this town better than I do. You're not even going to take off the jacket for this limited interview.

And I'm wearing my long underwear in honor of my deceased father. I used to think, what the heck is he always wearing his long underwear for? It's cold outside, not in here, but when you walk outside, you need it.

It is freezing and I have become weak. Even though I'm from New York originally, I have become weak as a Florida man. But let's start with Game Boy and Hot Pockets because that seems to be the viral moment of your career. We played it about 20 times on my show. We'll throw it in on B-roll here. But how did that line, it just caught the internet right?

How did that just come to your head?

I don't know.

That guy, he's a paid tracker.

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