Today we hosted our monthly Member lunch with special guest speaker, @NRECANews CEO Jim Matheson, to discuss EPA’s Power Plant Rule 2.0, grid reliability, and how the regulatory regime is punishing rural electric co-ops across the country. Thanks to all who attended!
Adopted, 73-24: Adoption of Cassidy amendment #6558 in relation to the House message to accompany H.R.2617, Consolidated Appropriations Act FY2023. (Pregnant Workers Fairness Act) (60-vote affirmative threshold)
The husband of Jackie Walorski, Dean Swihart, plays “Amazing Grace” on his saxophone during a memorial in the Capitol tonight.
“They asked me, ‘Dean, would like to come read a poem?’” He told me. “I said, ‘I don’t read poems, can I play my saxophone?’”
Some news on my end: I’m moving on up.
Thrilled to get started as Press Secretary for @SenCapito - and continue serving the state and people we both love dearly.
Conservatives have to get on board with paid family leave. There is nothing that encompasses family values and supporting mothers more. It is long overdue. I truly hope we on the right can see how imperative this is for a better, healthier future for women & families in America.