As I’m waiting for a coffee table I’m building for my daughter to dry (I added skirting), I was perusing a few of my pictures from trip to DC last week, and I notice I had a few photos of our delegation I hadn’t added.
Here, Congresswoman Noem briefs the assembled group about the issues that are (were) coming up in front of Congress, and specifically the Ways and Means committee .
Here, Senator Rounds gives us his time – and he gave us a lot – and listens intently as we explain the issues we’re working on for families of children with Autism. Mike offered a few pointers on things we should look at in state law which he remembered from being in the State Senate and the Gov’s office.
Here Senator Thune talks with our group before the sunrise breakfast session.
And a couple of the buildings we walked by on the way. – Here’s the Supreme Court in the days leading up to the recent SCOTUS decisions:
The US Capitol under renovation:
And, in case I forgot to share it earlier, here’s your’s truly at the Dubliner Irish Pub enjoying a cold glass of Harp. 
Good times. Now I need an excuse to go back!
Looks like a cold refreshing beer Pat!
Considering how hot & humid DC is, it was the best!
Caption for Noem photo: “When I first announced that I was running for Congress, Kirkeby told me that in order to win they’d have to be this big !”
“They are princes in their houses, but out here on the plains, we are the princes.”
— Famed mountain man, trapper and Army Captain and Scout Christopher Huston “Kit” Carson, after meeting with politicians in his first-ever visit to Washington during the Mexican War, 1847.