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Clips from The Distinguished Gentleman

"Oh, yeah. But, uh, it's not as well known as these other committees."
The Distinguished Gentleman
"Well, maybe not, but you've been very frank with me."
The Distinguished Gentleman
"I'm gonna be extremely frank with you."
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"These other committees, they're nickel-and-dime stuff."
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"Power and Industry, think of what we cover."
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"Energy, transportation, insurance, the environment."
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"Hell, son, there's no better committee on the Hill."
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"That is, if you're interested in fund-raising."
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"I am, very much. It's just that these other chairmen made pretty strong cases."
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"These other chairmen aren't from your home state."
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"Hmm."
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"They're not offering to take you under their wing."
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"- Look out for your future. - And you are?"
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"Hell yes, I am."
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"Oh, well, I'm very flattered, Mr. Chairman."
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"Dick."
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"- Well, I'm very flattered, Mr. Dick. - No, no, no, no."
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"- Oh, I'm sorry, Chairman Dick. - No, Dick. Just Dick."
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"- Oh, Dick. Just plain old Dick. - Yeah."
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"Fine. I know you don't get something for nothing. What do you want from me, Dick?"
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"[Chuckles] Well, son, I want an able lieutenant."
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"And I want you to smile for the cameras."
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"Skeeter, you know Thomas Johnson, the new member of the committee?"
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"Thomas, this is Barclay Warburton."
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"- How are you, Barclay? - Skeeter, please."
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"- Been called that since boarding school. - Oh, sorry, man."
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"- Cheers. - Yeah, cheers. Skeeter."
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"Thomas, please. Been called that since reform school."
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"This EPA oversight hearing of the committee on Power and Industry will come to order."
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"I would like to welcome our first witness,"
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"the distinguished administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency."
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"But before I do, I would like to note that we have a new member joining us today."
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"The distinguished gentleman from Florida."
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"[Photographer] Congressman Johnson? Sir, can we get a shot, please?"
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"- Thank you. - How am I doing?"
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"Great. Great."
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"Well, Mike, enjoy those hors d'oeuvres."
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"[Indistinct Chatter]"
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"Hi. My name is Miss Loretta, and I'd like it..."
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"very much if you'd sign one of these little name tags."
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"That would be just nice."
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"It's an informal breakfast. You give us your point of view, we give you, uh,"
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"bacon and eggs plus a $2,000 honorarium."
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"For your favorite charity, of course."
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"The Thomas Jefferson Johnson Foundation."
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"Oh, okay. An honorarium."
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"I like the way that sounds."
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"[Man] Excuse me. Nice to see you."
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"[Thomas] Excuse me a second."
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"- Hi. - Hello."
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"- How are you? Very nice to meet you, Miss Celia Kirby. - Good, thank you."
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"It's a extremely beautiful name for an extremely beautiful woman."
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"Well, my, that was very smooth."
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"You know, after about ten hours straight on my feet,"
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"making small talk, breathing in that cheap cigar smoke,"
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"that is exactly the kind of line I'm ready to fall for."
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"- [Chuckling] Slow down, okay? - Sure."
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"Tell me, which one of these guys is Congressman Johnson?"
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"- You're looking for the congressman? - Yes."
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"How would you feel if I told you I was the congressman? Aha!"
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"- Oh, duh! - I'm so sorry."
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"Would you give me two seconds to take my foot out of my mouth, please?"
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"Take all the time you need. Can we start over again?"
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"Yes, Celia Kirby, Legislative Director of Pro Bono."
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"Celia kirby from Pro Bono! Very nice to meet you."
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"- Yes. - Would you tell me something?"
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"Are all the pro bonettes as fine as you?"
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"Pro Bono is a public interest research and advocacy group."
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"I'd be delighted to brief you on our priorities this session."
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"Do you think, perhaps, I could call your A.A. and be put on your schedule?"
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"- Call my A.A.? - Yes."
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"No, you don't have to call my A.A. Why don't we do this?"
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"Why don't we, say now, go out to dinner? You can brief me at dinner."
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"I'd like an appointment, Congressman, not a date."
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"We could write it up as an appointment,"
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"but we'll have, like, flowers and dinner,"
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"a mandolin, and it'll be a "floral" appointment."
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"It was a pleasure to meet you, Congressman. I will be in touch with your staff."
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"There's one other thing. I'm particularly interested..."
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"in hearing your view on extending the sexual harassment law to include congressmen."
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"Oh. I get it."
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"Can we turn the A.C. down, please?"
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"Thank you."
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"Uh, I have a confession to make. I don't know very much about poultry."
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"But I do know people,"
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"and I like you people. I really do."
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"And if you people come to me and you say to me..."
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"that you have something to say important about poultry,"
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"I'm gonna listen. Thank you very much."
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"Thank you for seeing us. We won't take up much of your time."
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"- This is Ira Schecter, our research director. - Hi, Ira, how are you?"
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"This is Mr. Reinhardt. You remember him?"
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"Come sit next to me and have this chitchat."
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"I've been dying to talk to you about these issues."
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"Sit, everybody, sit. Come on."
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"- All right. - We can take as long as we want."
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"Congressman, you do have several people waiting."
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"- No, no, they can wait. - They can wait."
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"What are you doing standing, Ira? Sit down, Ira!"
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"Uh, sure."
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"Well... [Clears Throat] These are issue papers."
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"- Ah. - This session we're targeting child safety,"
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"auto insurance premiums and food additives."
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"Certainly, as the votes come up, you'll be hearing plenty from the other side."
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"We simply would like a fair shot at making our case too."
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"- Absolutely. - Absolutely."
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"Okay, now, let's talk about car insurance. What are you paying, Ira?"
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"- Me? Oh. - [Thomas] Yes."
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"Uh, well, I have an '82 Dodge Dart and, uh,"
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"I pay about $650 a year, or so."
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"Six hundred fifty dollars? Man, that's highway robbery."
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"A chop shop wouldn't give you more than 230 on a junker like that."
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"Or so I've heard."
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"Hey, look, I'm flying blind here."
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"What we need to do is for you to put together a little package."
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"Put a package together for me and we'll sit down."
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"We'll block aside two Saturday evenings and we can discuss it then."
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"Well, I don't see any problem with arranging that."
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"Once again, you've been more than generous with your time, Congressman."
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"What are you doin'? I clear my whole calendar and you're in and outta here in five minutes?"
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