“Tim Scott‘s idea of a wild time was ordering dessert,” he said. “John Ratcliffe would run an extra mile. Jim Jordan would do extra push-ups. Kevin McCarthy, now he did take us to see movies and one time, he did order butter popcorn, if that counts. Joey Kennedy‘s nickname was ‘Milk’ because it was the strongest thing he drank. Jason Chaffetz didn’t need milk because he wouldn’t even drink coffee.”

He added: “And I hate to admit this but Tulsi Gabbard did miss work, because she was serving in the Army reserves while she was also serving in Congress.”

“The people I was around did none of what you described ever, so if you’re being invited to NC-17 parties and watching people do cocaine, then you are hanging around with the wrong people,” Gowdy said, addressing Cawthorn. “But you should name them, so their constituents know what they are doing on the people’s time. And if on the other hand, none of what you described really happened, you need to admit that too.”

Gowdy reiterated moments later: “Either tell us who you saw doing cocaine and who invited you to sexually explicit parties, or admit what we suspect, which is that you made it up. And then ask yourself, where fairness and honesty fall on the list of qualities we should be looking for in members of Congress.”