Want to earn the support for. i don t want to earn it for good looks for my colorful earrings i want to earn it because i m doing the work in washington and in my community. so when people stop me and they say i saw your hearing you told my story you raise my concern you gave them the hell that i want to give them. that s i think the fundraising flows from what i hope is that trust that i m trying to build between me and the american people, and that should be the goal of every elected representative on both sides the aisle. wood became very clear to me when i saw you very early in your freshman year in committee work. is you knew immediately that the job is in the committee. that that is where a house member can do her job. it speech making out there is one thing but the real labor is in the committee. because oversight the reason for that is that oversight is a key congressional function. the executive branch has work
My concern. that s where i think the fundraising flows from. what i hope is that the trust i m trying to build between me in the american people and that should be the goal of every elected representative on both sides of the aisle. what became very clear to me, when i saw you very early in your freshman year, in committee work, is that you knew immediately that the job is in the committee. that that is where a house member can do her job. speech making out there is one thing. but the real labor is in the committee. because oversight the reason for that is oversight, it s a key congressional function. the executive branch is work to do. but part of our work as legislators is to hold them to account. are they doing what the law that we passed says they are supposed to do? our corporations following the law? if they are not, then congress may need to take action. we simply cannot pass laws, you cannot decide how to vote, if you don t know the state of the