mr. mcnerney. i appreciate listening to you and it reminds me of a conversation i had on the floor of the house last week. as you know, i've been here 20 years. i came in with newt gingrich, bill clinton was president, we did some good things for the american people. i'm kind of an older man, to speak. and i vote my conscience up here gets me in trouble. i voted twice against the speaker of the house, got me in trouble. i was sitting on the floor, this gentleman, i won't say where his name or where he's fro, i don't have permission to do that, but he came up to me and he said, walter he said, i'm probably -- he's 20 years younger than i am, i'm 72 years younger -- i'm 72 years old now. he said i'll probably be like you and never be a chair of ranking member of anything because i cannot to anything that would dampen or threaten my integrity. and i said, well, what do you mean? he said, in january i was told that i could be a subcommittee chairman but i'd have to raise $300,000. the point that you're