 In 1997, he literally sold the farm to buy his first McDonald's restaurant in North Little Rock, Arkansas. He went on to eventually own 24 McDonald's restaurants that employed thousands of people in northeast Oklahoma. Congressman Hearn, thanks so much for joining us today on This Week on the Hill. It's great to be with you, Tony. And I see Oklahoma, the area I grew up in, is in good hands with you as their representative in Congress.