Insights for our future leaders

Speaking with students last week at Hanford High School in the Tri-Cities gave me a surprising realization. The students were curious about how our government operates and also about daily life working in Congress.

I realized that more people might actually be interested in what it is like for me to work as your representative. To give you an idea, I wanted to share a few insights as well as important events last week in Central Washington.

First insight: If you think representing more than 700,000 people in the Fourth District in the House of Representatives is a desk job, think again.

I will...