We have a scheduler, one person who handles everything, both in the district and in d. C. Shes based here in d. C. And we have a chief of staff, serves as legislator director. We have a good team, you make adjustments officer the course of months and years. And responsibilities, people come and go with life events, and thats the best way to stay organized is having a good team. How do you interact with Republican Leadership on a daily basis . Well, i you probably i would say i interact with my colleagues most on the floor. When were there for votes. Thats what happens most often. There may be events in the evening or youre able to cross paths with a particular member. At times you might be sitting in a dinner for two hours, next to a colleague. Someone maybe that youre first time youre having a conversation with them. So i would say over the course of a routine, though, here, you most frequently interact with leadership and fellow rank and file members when youre on the floor. When you
Brotherinlaw jack who stayed in the military for 22 years after vietnam, it was a good place for him to be. But for my other brotherinlaw, my wifes brother who is a helicopter pilot in the vietnam. He got out after his tour. And it was very, very challenging for him to try to blend in and forget, you know, to pretend he wasnt a vietnam veteran. Which at that time, so many who had been to vietnam had to do. It was a challenging time. And our nation treated our veterans in a shameful manner. It was a difficult time for our country and our veterans. It was a hard time for the army, i know. Very difficult time for our marines. But we learned, i think, the reason you see over 40,000 military nonprofits out there today, and there are over 40,000 that have popped up in the last 14 years. And i think one of those, one of the reasons is because people are aware of what happened in the late 60s and early 70s to mid70s to when our Vietnam Veterans were treated poorly. And like me, many of them wa
Well good morning to you. Great to have you back good to be back lets get to the Global Market picture this morning. Coming off a day where we did enjoy the rebound that we flirted with the day before, it was led by the nasdaq which is up over a percent. The s p was up about 0. 4 the dow up a quarter percent tech was a big part of the rally, so were financials. Banks rallying for two clear and simple reasons, yields were rising, thats good for banks. Talk of tax reform which is good for banks. This morning basically flat. A mixed picture. A bit of green and red on the three main indices tenyear treasury for you, yields were rising yesterday back to above the 2. 3 level. 2. 34 not just a domestic story. Yields have risen around the world this morning the tenyear treasury note, tenyear bund yield in germany back above 50 basis points just below that level now. The place thats seen yields rise significantly during september is the uk, where we were below 1 on the 7th of september, now clo
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