I have now
been a member of Rep. Salmon’s Washington D.C. team for over a month and I feel
more confident every day. With this blog, I want to take a moment and discuss
my favorite responsibility, which is to give tours of the United States
Capitol, and then I will close with introducing Jonathan Sarager.
The summer
is a very busy time of year for the front office, especially with tours.
Members of any district can sign up on their Representative’s website for a
free tour of the Capitol building. When this is done the staff assistant
confirms the tour date and time, and the tour is officially scheduled. Members
of our district are very active when it comes to traveling to D.C. On a normal
week, we will provide tours of the Capitol building to anywhere between eight
to ten families a week. We will try our best to put a couple of families
together and still, we will give at least one tour a day.
Just in the
last two weeks alone, I can recall several families who came to our office
excited to start their tour. For most families, the tour of the Capitol
building is the most anticipated part of their trip and I do my very best not
to disappoint them. Our tours last about 90 minutes and I take them all
throughout the building and help them feel like VIPs for the day. And the best
part of the tour comes at the end when they are full of smiles and thanks yous.
At that point, I send them on their way, sink into my chair, and recover from
exhaustion. I have, and will continue to, meet wonderful people through this opportunity.
Finally, I
want to introduce Jonathan Sarager (pronounced SAR-GER). Jonathan is a
University of Arizona School of Law graduate, as well as a husband and father.
In our time together, he discussed staying in D.C. and the possibility of
becoming a lobbyist. He is incredible smart in the English language (hence the
law degree) and is continuously striving to provide me opportunities to learn.
I call him the “gentleman and scholar” of the office.
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