After a Relaxing Weekend....a lot is going on

Suffice it to say, even when Congress is not in official session, the offices of elected officials have plenty to keep busy with. The start of this work week began with the House in recess (until tomorrow) but lots of activity on many levels kept us hopping.

The public demonstrations over last weekend's election in Iran are now generating communications with Iranian-Americans. While we've only had a few calls to the office from Constituents, we're hearing that other Representatives offices are fielding a number of calls and visits, and we've been watching the local news coverage of a small number of local demonstrations (mainly in front of the White House and an office associated with Iranian officials). It's a little odd to me, to think that we want to promote democracy by the people of other countries, yet there are people who want our government to be involved. I realize this is not a new phenomena, just new for me to observe from this vantage point.

In between several office supply runs, the number of calls about health care reform continue to come in at a good clip. It definitely is lining up to be the issue of the summer.

We also got to welcome our newest Intern to the office today. It's kinda nice not being the 'newest kid on the block' anymore. I should also comment that I think we have a very strong team of Interns and I appreciate the different backgrounds and perspectives that we all bring to the table.

Finally, on a very serious note, the worst accident in the history of the Metro occurred. At rush hour two Metro-trains collided, one running into the other that was at a complete stop, and they are reporting 4 people were killed and about 70 others were wounded. This happened on a Red Line train in the North East section of the City. So that you know, when something like this happens, in a city and community like this, it really has a profound effect on everyone. I'm sure that it is on the national news, so be sure to check it out for the latest.