being a grandmother and being, you know, a congresswoman? what s it like when you re back in district, presumably near the grandkids? that s what i do on the weekends, is i have seven grandchildren, and they live a mile from my house, which is oh, you re blessed. yes. when my grandson was born, gosh, i had to see him every day. they lived half a mile away. it s a special kind of love, a special kind of relationship. i spend as much time with them as i can. when you re raising your kids, you re holding down a job, you re doing all these things, and it really made us very it was the i won t say easy, but we were very qualified to do what we re doing. we re good at it but, you know what? we look good too. [laughter] i fly back and forth from california, five hours each, you know, way. and mothers in public office, you always feel kind of guilty because you have to travel, and we try to juggle all the times
did was to help nursing mothers in airports rachel: god bless you. [laughter] the medium-sized airports that they would have pods or somewhere is that women could nurse. i ended up also provide providing for men in their bathrooms areas to change babies. rachel: how are you balancing being a grandmother and a congresswoman? what s it like when you re back in district, presumably near the grandkids? that s what i do on the weekends. i have 7 grandchildren, and they live a mile from my house, which is so you re blessed. yes. when my grandson was born, gosh, id had to see him every day. they lived half a mile away. it s a special kind of love are, a special kind of relationship. i spend as much time with them as i can. when you re raising your kids, you re holding down a job, you re doing all these things, and it really made us very it was the i won t say easy, but we were very qualified to do what we re doing. we are good at it but, you