Senate hearing

Because I've been doing more sightseeing than paneling, I've been a little lax with the blog this week. Here's what's been happening:

I went to my first Senate hearing on Thursday, woo! The Committee on Foreign Relations convened that morning to discuss how to form a partnership with China in addressing the issue of climate change. Pretty exciting stuff, I thought, though the majority of the Senate must have found even more exciting things to do since only three Senators made it to the hearing (two of them the chairman and the ranking minority member). It was extremely surreal to see John Kerry (chairman) sitting a couple yards in front of me, as I haven't seen much of him in the news since I was in high school. It was also strange to see politicians in the position of asking questions to the three experts at the front table, instead of talking at the room. The fact that the hearings are open to the public was also refreshing to me (go democracy!) , though it was a little discouraging to see the honorable senator from Maryland run in on two wheels with his hair on fire about an hour and fifteen minutes into the hearing. Let's get it together gentlemen..

Since then I have been paintin the town red with my trusty roommate Carly, and trying to see as many monuments and museums as possible. Exhausting stuff, but lots of fun! I hope I can get out there tomorrow, though I've been a little under the weather as of late. Time to snuggle up with a bottle of ibuprofen, a carton of Haagen Dazs and some Master and Commander!