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

Here's where I'm different from a senator. We pass continuing resolutions. We pass appropriations bills.

My focus has been on being a good congressman, and there is so much other work to do.

I was never supposed to make it to Congress. I was a staff person.

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.

I was in the Minnesota state Senate from 2000 until 2006. In 2006, I was urged to run for Congress, I did. And I've been here ever since.

Hey, well, I've been a pretty conservative member of congress.

If things go right, maybe I'll chair the Appropriations Committee.

I've had a tough time learning how to act like a congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money.