Monday, February 6, 2012

Today was a very interesting Monday- although the mornings are quiet this afternoon was quite a doozy at the Senate. Floor session was short today, so I didn't have much to read, however, committees were quite long today. My committee for today was Natural Resources and Transportation, I spent most of committee running around so I didn't hear much of what was going on. However, today was the day the Judiciary committee heard the bills about guns on school campuses. The entire hearing room was packed with students, law enforcement officers, concerned citizens and media all expressing their concerns. Although the bill made it out of committee 5-3, I am sure a lot of discussion will occur on the floor and many amendments will be made to it. Senator Lujan mentioned in the judiciary committee about adding an amendment that would limit the amount of fire arms students brought if they were going to be allowed to bring fire arms to the Senate. Tomorrow should be an interesting day I will be moving upstairs and no longer a page but an assistant to a Senator at the Senate. A little more of the behind the scenes work will be at my disposal. Thats it for today!!

3 comments:

  1. Congratulations on your new job. What senator will you be working for?

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  2. I can imagine that the senate must get very loud and almost chaotic when controversial issues arise and the public show up to make a statement. I bet you are learning so much about the congressional system working with it everyday!

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