So they said

“This is not about having fun. This is about saving our country.” — Rep. Tim Huelskamp (in photo), R-Fowler, on serving in Congress, quoted in World Magazine

“My 9-year-old was listening and he said I was good, though he didn’t know what I was talking about.” — Huelskamp again, on his floor speech advocating the repeal of health reform

“The person who cuts my hair has to be licensed, but the person who runs the machine that keeps me alive doesn’t have to be.” — Sen. Dick Kelsey, R-Goddard, on his bill to require licensing of perfusionists, who operate heart-lung machines during cardiac surgery