ran for the house, pat was asked by one of the good ole boys on the hill, how can you be a congress woman and a mother at the same time? pat answered because off brain and uterus and i use both. [laughter] unfortunately pat sloweder could not join us today, but she asked me to read you this message. quote, back in 1991 when i was cochair of the congresswoman s caucus, i organized us to make one-minute speeches about our great so-called liberal leaders on the senate judiciary committee. these guys just didn t get it. they were ignoring sexual harassment allegations against clarence tomas and didn t want aany that hill to testify. we decided to march over and talk to them in person. march, we did. you may remember seeing front page pictures of us striding up the front of the building. we knocked firmly on the door. [knock, knock] majority leader george mitchell opened it. sorry, he said, we don t let strangers into the building. strangers? we were dumbfounded, but we had the