mr. faleomavaega. do you get from these letters on the piece of paper in front of you to -- >> mr. -- >> falamobinga. >> maybe he thought american samoa is in spain somewhere where the "v" would be pronounced as i"b" for bina? tough day with the new president pro tem, right? but here's the most important part, if you're mr. faleomavaega, who will do you respond? you've been here 23 years, this guy's never heard of samoa before and he destroys your name, what do you do? you react with total class and win the whole day and everybody's respect. watch how he reacted. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from american samolia, mr. fang -- falamobinga. thank you. >> thank you, mr. speaker. it's american samoa. >> the best-natured man in congress is the guy who ignored that he has just been called falomabinga, who's willing to let that ride, but he stands up for his place, where he's from. get samoa right, huh? with poise, representative, you are the best mannered man in congress and that act of restraint for

mr. faleomavaega. he never heard the word samoa and destroys your name, faleomavaega. what do you do? you react with total class. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from american samolia. mr. thing -- falomavaega. >> thank you, mr. speaker. it's american samoa. >> he stands up for his place from where he's from. get samoa right. you are the best natured man in congress and that act of restraint on your part is the best new thing in the world. >> so the guy's name is what? >> he can't say samoa. he just says i'm kerry. >> the guy's name is hard to pronounce but not samoa. >> you said it perfectly. it's because of this thing, which i kept on my desk the whole time. it is a pronouncer. and faleomavaega. >> in case you want to refer to it in the actual text. after this. after we put him on the show in this way, we were shouting him out. he then went to be the champion of the washington redskins dropping their name as a racist insult. he has been leading the charge on that in a way that made it more of an issue for the country than it ever has been. he's not only eni faleomavaega but he