hearings of the markups and this was just an insane and i remember with chris farley, is like this is it. and again with all of the excitement with the majority and the optimism and enthusiasm and was happening in just think about pieces of legislation and happening in 100 days. >> what role did the women republicans play during that time in your leadership but. >> on the committees and certainly there was never ever issue of the press conference can be held that women needed to be there. and if they felt particularly strong about it read i mean, i don't mean to make the sound that it was easy but you did not want that, they wanted you out there and speaking and doing talk shows and getting out there on cnn and doing whatever you needed to do to be a messenger for the republican party. silliman did a lot of that. >> one example of that was keynote address of the republicans in san diego in 1996, ported that event it mean to and how did you prepare for it. >> well certainly, the greatest thing that it meant to me, not to speak on behalf of somebody else, but again whatever your politic

there is actually a funny saturday night live clip, with chris farley, where he kept rushing. and again, with all the employments to come with being in the majority, and the optimism, and the things that came with that. you can just think about ten major pieces of legislation, happening, and 100 days. it was crazy. >> what role did women republican members play during that period? besides the un leadership? >> i think women, on committees, and certainly, being spokespeople. there was, never, ever, an issue of if it was a press conference to be held, that women needed to be there, and women needed to be spokespeople, or women felt particularly strong about it. they would get that women up there. >> i don't think i want to make it sound like it was also great, and easy, but we did not wait to return, because you are female. they want to do out there, espousing, speaking, and doing talk shows, and getting on, particularly, cnn. doing whatever you needed to do to get the message out there, to be a messenger for the republican party. so, when you get a lot of that. >> one example o

there's a funny "saturday night live" clip with chris farley being newt gingrich where they were like, family medical leave, passed -- and again, with all the excitement that comes with being in the majority and the optimism and enthusiasm that came with that, but just think about ten major pieces of legislation happening in 100 days. it was crazy. >> what role did women republican members play besides you and leadership -- >> well, i mean, i think women on committees certainly being spokespeople. there was never, ever an issue if there was ever a press conference to be held that women needed to be there and women needed to be spokespeople. and if a woman felt particularly strong about it, we were going to just get that woman up there. i mean -- i don't mean to make it sound it was all so great and easy, but you did not wait your turn because you were a female, right. they wanted you out there espousing and speaking and doing talk shows and getting on particularly cnn and doing whatever you needed to to be a messenger for the republican party. women did a lot of that. >> one big examp