Today was a bit slower than yesterday, I only had 1 committee meeting to attend in the morning and 1 house session in the afternoon. Overall, these meetings were good and the unanimous ‘aye’s are a testament to the productivity of our general assembly, collaboration of our representatives and the effectiveness of our state government.
Right after my first committeemeeting, I was assigned an errand, and I was sent to collect some mail. Surprisingly, it was in the same secret underground location as the cafeteria.
In other the time, between meetings, I spent my time with Mr. McCormick going over bills that I had questions on. Yesterday, he assigned me homework and asked me to find bills that I just had any questions on. For me, 1 particular bills caught my eye. It was on transparency of meetings and accessibility to recorded video. Inspired by Hollywood, I was wondering if there had been any particular scandals or shady activity that prompted this bill to pass. Interestingly enough, the bill was actually passed in order to ensure that all representatives are well informed. He explained that, in some situations, county members sometimes don’t have the full amount of information needed to voice their opinion to either their representative or party. Thus, the bill was passed so all interests could be accounted for.
Lunch was really great today because there was a food truck fair. I had a Cuban sandwich which was very tasty. For dessert, they had pelican’s snoballs, which was a great refreshing way to cool down a excruciating hot afternoon.
I am particular excited about tomorrow as I will be able to attend a bill that I had seen before working here, the farm bill of 2019.
