been what has absorbed you. what are you thinking? first of all, thanks for having me on. the opening of these hearings was regrettable, and we think that democrats frankly haven t taken this process all that seriously. the judge of the night he was announced, they refused to meet with him in several months. they had one complaint about process, it should be to the former democratic leader who got rid of the filibuster for the judicial nominations. nonetheless judge cavanaugh got an opportunity to talk directly to the american people. and we think that that story is something the american people will respond to and the like, and the senators will vote on his nomination and will respond to two. martha: what did you think about dick durbin and what he had to say when he said you are
and when you think back to your family, you think about your friends, you thinking about being in that position, it s emotional. [ inaudible question ]. i don t know. i ve heard and i have no backup to this but the first shot we actually heard was actually shot hat trent kelly who was at third base. and then trent ran so i don t know which bullet got who. i don t know who one got zack or steve. yes, ma am. congressman, how do you feel about your personal security after what happened today, and what do you think should change around members personal security? well, i frankly haven t thought about it. i know there s a lot of conversation if we should have security or what as individual congress people.
and when you think back to your family, you think about your friends. you think about being in that position. it s emotional. do you know whether scalise was shot with the first i don t know. i have heard, and i have snow backup to this, at the first shot that we all heard was actually shot at trent kelly. who was at third base. and then trent ran, so i don t know which bullet got who. i don t know which one got zach or steve. yes, ma am. congressman, how do you feel about your personal security after what happened today? what do you think should change around members personal security? well, i frankly haven t thought about it. i know there s a lot of conversation if we should have security or what as individual congresspeople.
it s it s in a job that you re very people are very aware of you and where you are. i think we need to think about it. although i thought speaker gingrich put it well today when he said one of the great things about having elected government is you can talk to your elected officials. when you re in congress, we represent all about 800,000 people in our district, some didn t vote for us, some did, but we represent all of them. it s a slice of america. and people need to be able to talk to us. so i think it s a dialogue we re going to have, but we want to be able to keep where we have open government. but i will tell you, i ll be frank with you. here i am a congressman, and you know, every now and then, you would like to have a friend on one side of you. but i haven t decided that. i believe in open government. i thought speaker gingrich put it well today when he talked about that. all right, that was congressman williams whose young aide was shot when he was at the outfield fieldi
7:00 in the morning. he decided to shoot. and so bishop was right when he said that. that was a good way to say it. in the back. two questions. are you sure whether scalise was hit with that first bullet that was shot? did it seem like anybody was struck with that bullet, and also, you were pretty emotional off the top when you were talking about officers. i wondered if you had a chance to catch up with them. i haven t personally thanked them. i will be, but i m thanking them again right here. they saved everybody s life. they literally did that. you know, i represent ft. hood, and they teach our military, take a step forward, not a step back when you re in combat. these guys and gals did it. it is emotional. it s an emotional day.