McHenry vs. Congress
Republican critical of his own party's actions in recent years
WALKER LUNDY
Special to the Observer
When he speaks in Mooresville instead of Congress, Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry sounds like he doesn't think much of Congress or Republicans. "Republicans were at the trough" when they held the majority in Congress, he said. "They had power for the sake of power."
He said, for example, that the Department of Education under President Bush has doubled in size and its average bureaucrat now makes $90,000 a year. "There are so many duplicate programs (in the federal government), it's crazy."
"After being in the majority for 12 years, they (the Republicans) were fat and happy," he said. "The American people realized it and threw them out."
Wow! Even Republicans are running against the Republican Party these days.
It made me wonder if aliens had invaded the body of this normally rock-ribbed conservative Republican.
Youngest member
He was speaking to a group called Probus, comprised of about 25 Lake Norman area retirees.McHenry, 31, is the youngest member of Congress. He represents 10 western N.C. counties from southern Iredell to the Tennessee border to the South Carolina border.
When he spoke to us, he wore the standard conservative blue blazer, blue shirt and wine-colored tie. At his age, he looked more like an insurance salesman than a member of Congress.
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