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I am the epitome of a citizen legislator.

I like to think I am a serious legislator and trying to get things done. That's my goal in life, to get things done.

Instead of taking a very high-paying type of law job or something that I might be able to do, I have been a legislator. That's what I do. I think it's an honorable profession - if you're honest and have integrity and work hard.

I'd like to think I'm a serious legislator and trying to get things done.

As a legislator, I saw how effective I could be by being transparent, posting and explaining all of my votes.

I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years.

I'm a results-oriented person and my Senate record shows that.

In the end, I think part of my problem was that I was a better legislator than I was a politician.

I have an ability to work collegially across a wide range of interests in the caucus and in the Congress, and an ability to work on a bipartisan basis. Appropriators pride themselves on that.

I just want to be a really good congressman. You should look at what you are today and be the very best you can.