Heard on the Hill: Overheard on the Hill

By Neda Toloui-Semnani

Posted September 19, 2011 at 8:20pm

“My grandfather, Theodore Otto Herman Hill, or ‘Thunderhead’ as he was more appropriately known, was a hunter, a taxidermist and a Teddy Roosevelt conservationist.”

— Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) talking about his grandfather Friday on the floor.

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