Be out and about having conversations with all of you. This is my 1228th town meeting as a member of congress and its great to be back. We tried to be do one in every county on an ongoing basis. I have a couple things i want to say and then will go to questions. This is my first visit to great bend since the death of bob. She was my longtime friend. Bob and polly were great friends and great supporters. We spent our honeymoon with bob and polly at the Republican National convention in 1984. They are great friends of my wife. We now live in manhattan and we drove to great bend for the h Birthday Party only to arrive with three cars in the parking lot and i walked in and said what happened, am i in the wrong place and they said dont you know, bob died yesterday. He missed his Birthday Party by one day. Secondly, on a topic of interes interest. Im not a veteran but i grew up with vietnam in the back of my life and solve what happened to many who served in our military as they returned hom
I am not accustomed to the attention that comes from some National Media press. We welcome them to great bend and i am delighted to be here as well. Congress is out of session until labor day and im using my time, as i have almost every other august in fact every august, to be out and about in kansas and the have conversations with all of you. This is my 1228th town hall meeting as a member of congress and it is great to be back. We try to do one in every county on an ongoing basis. Just a couple of things i want to say and then we will take this as quickly as we can to the for yous and comments to make. This is my first visit to great bend since the death of bob parish. Bob and polly were great friends and great supporters. We spent our honeymoon with bob and polly at the Republican National convention in 1984. They are great friends of my wife. Politics interested in but bob in particular was interested in this community and the history of this community. We now live in manhattan and
I am not accustomed to the attention that comes from some National Media press. We welcome them to great bend and i am delighted to be here as well. Congress is out of session until labor day and im using my time, as i have almost every other august in fact every august, to be out and about in kansas and the have conversations with all of you. This is my 1228th town hall meeting as a member of congress and it is great to be back. We try to do one in every county on an ongoing basis. Just a couple of things i want to say and then we will take this as quickly as we can to the for yous and comments to make. This is my first visit to great bend since the death of bob parish. Bob and polly were great friends and great supporters. We spent our honeymoon with bob and polly at the Republican National convention in 1984. They are great friends of my wife. Politics interested in but bob in particular was interested in this community and the history of this community. We now live in manhattan and
Meeting as a member of congress and it is great to be back. We tried to do one in every county on an ongoing basis. Just a couple of things i want to say. This is my first visit to great bend since the death of bob parish. Bob and polly were great friends and great supporters. We spent our honeymoon with bob and polly at the Republican National convention in 1984. Bob was interested in his community and the history of this community. We now live in manhattan and we drove to great bend for the 90th Birthday Party only to arrive with three cars in the parking lot and i walked in and said, what happened, am i in the wrong place . And they said, dont you know, bob died yesterday. He missed his Birthday Party by one day. Secondly, on a topic of interest. Im not a veteran but i grew up with vietnam in the back of my life and saw what happened to many who served in our military as they returned home and worked hard to make it a point of making sure those who serve our country receive the care
Meeting as a member of congress and it is great to be back. We tried to do one in every county on an ongoing basis. Just a couple of things i want to say. This is my first visit to great bend since the death of bob parish. Bob and polly were great friends and great supporters. We spent our honeymoon with bob and polly at the Republican National convention in 1984. Bob was interested in his community and the history of this community. We now live in manhattan and we drove to great bend for the 90th Birthday Party only to arrive with three cars in the parking lot and i walked in and said, what happened, am i in the wrong place . And they said, dont you know, bob died yesterday. He missed his Birthday Party by one day. Secondly, on a topic of interest. Im not a veteran but i grew up with vietnam in the back of my life and saw what happened to many who served in our military as they returned home and worked hard to make it a point of making sure those who serve our country receive the care