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Updated: 8:35 PM Dec 29, 2008
Exclusive with Congressman Terry Everett as Retires from Congress
After four terms in public office, retiring Congressman Terry Everett sat down with News 4 to reflect on the things he's accomplished and the decisions he made.
Posted: 5:31 PM Dec 29, 2008Reporter: Denise Bradberry Email Address: denise@wtvy.com |
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After four terms in public office, retiring Congressman Terry Everett sat down with News 4 to reflect on the things he's accomplished and the decisions he made.
Congressman Terry Everett told us that retirement is good for those who "want" to retire, but at 72 he says he cares nothing about it.
After 16 years on the House floor, he reflected on his time spent serving district two.
With a number of accomplishments on his resume, Terry Everett's proudest is his work to protect Alabama’s farming industry; something people in the Wiregrass depend on.
He helped write three farm bills including a new peanut program to protect the industry.
"The tariffs on imported peanuts were dropping so much that we couldn't be competitive with our domestic peanuts. So we rewrote the farm bill to make the peanut title more competitive," said Everett.
He also pushed for increased protection of space; a 90 billion dollar asset.
He explained how dependant we are on satellites and the impact an enemy attack could have on the nation's economy.
"It would shut down immediately. As far as our military is concerned, they would have to act using 1950s technology if we lost space," said Everett, "I'm proud that number one, congress is finally talking about space protection."
With Everett’s accomplishments, we had to know if there were any regrets.
"I probably would have voted differently on some cases but there's no need to concern yourself or worry about it now. You make decisions and we make a lot of decisions and then you move on to the next one," he said.
Everett is reluctantly packing his bags from his time spent in congress.
Tuesday, we'll show you what he had to say about the state of the country as he leaves Washington.
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