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Alabama Democratic Party Chair Makes Offer to Congressman Mike Rogers

If Rogers Will Apologize About Pelosi Remarks and Contact Him, Turnham Will
Set Up a Meeting with Speaker Pelosi to Usher Bi-Partisan Cooperation

Montgomery, AL - Responding to disparaging public remarks Republican
Congressman Mike Rogers of Alabama's 3rd District made about Democratic
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rogers' remorse of a lack of bi-partisan
cooperation in Congress, Alabama Democratic Party Chair Joe Turnham is
making an offer to Congressman Rogers to be of assistance.

This past week Rogers was at AUM and called Speaker Pelosi "crazy"; "mean
as a snake"; and "Tom Delay in a skirt". He went on to say, "They don't talk
to us". "Republican leaders didn't talk to the Democrats. The attitude was,
we have the votes on our side, let the Democrats whine." Rogers went on to
claim the need for bi-partisan discussion by saying, "at some point we've
got to recognize that the power goes back and forth...we've got to work
together."

Chairman Joe Turnham announces today that he is offering to assist
Congressman Rogers in his quest to work together with Democrats by
personally asking the Democratic Speaker to meet with him and to attend the
meeting if he so desires. Speaker Pelosi was the keynote speaker at the
Alabama Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner last year and
Turnham has met the Speaker on a number of occasions.

"Speaker Pelosi is the first woman in American history to be elected US
House Speaker. She is a Christian lady, a wife, a mother and devoted
grandmother. She was the past Chair of the California Democratic Party. She
does her job with passion and tenacity. While Congressman Rogers does not
agree with her politics, she is not the evil person Congressman Rogers
portrays her to be. Congressman Rogers cannot serve the people of Alabama
effectively if he uses profane language to disparage the Speaker in this
manner all while expressing the desire for more bi-partisanship in
Washington. If Congressman Rogers will publically apologize to Speaker
Pelosi for his unflattering remarks made about her at AUM this week, I will
personally request that the Speaker meet with Congressman Rogers and discuss
how he and the Speaker's office can work more productively together."
Turnham said.

"You can't call people names and then bemoan the fact they won't work with
you. I am willing to offer Congressman Rogers a way to work this out."
Turnham concluded.

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