hiː wʌz tʃˈɛɹmən, kəmˈɪɾi ˌɔn ɛkspˈɛndɪtʃɚz ɪnðə dᵻpˈɑːɹtmənt ʌv stˈeɪt fˈɔːɹɾifˈoːɹθ ænd fˈɔːɹɾifˈɪfθ kˈɑːŋɡɹəsᵻz, kəmˈɪɾi ˌɔn ᵻlˈɛkʃənz fˈɔːɹɾisˈɪksθ kˈɑːŋɡɹəs, kəmˈɪɾi ˌɔn ɛkspˈɛndɪtʃɚz ɪnðə dᵻpˈɑːɹtmənt ʌv dʒˈʌstɪs fˈɔːɹɾiˈeɪtθ kˈɑːŋɡɹəs, kəmˈɪɾi ˌɔn klˈeɪmz fˈɔːɹtinˈaɪnθ kˈɑːŋɡɹəs, kəmˈɪɾi ˌɔn tˈɛɹɪtˌoːɹiz fˈɪftiəθ kˈɑːŋɡɹəs, kəmˈɪɾi ˌɔn wˈeɪz ænd mˈiːnz fˈɪftisˈɛkənd kˈɑːŋɡɹəs, kəmˈɪɾi ˌɔn bˈæŋkɪŋ ænd kˈɜːɹənsi fˈɪftiθˈɜːd kˈɑːŋɡɹəs.
He was chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Elections (Forty-sixth Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Forty-eighth Congress), Committee on Claims (Forty-ninth Congress), Committee on Territories (Fiftieth Congress), Committee on Ways and Means (Fifty-second Congress), Committee on Banking and Currency (Fifty-third Congress).