I am maintaining my schedule of commuting to Washington, D.C. each week from Oregon so that I can spend my weekends and days when we are not in session traveling to communities throughout my district.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have a 100-mile round trip commute on some of the nations' busiest roads and enjoy every minute of it.
I've spent so many years commuting, I kind of prefer a home office.
My grandfather was a politician and lived in Washington, D.C., so as a kid, I used to go to D.C. every other weekend.
Sometimes in Washington you get a little disconnected. I want to make sure I know what people are actually doing each day.
I'm not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then, vacations are needed.
Schedule? I have no schedule. There is no hurry. I work when I want to.
In my job, I have many operations, so I tend to use time in my car to think. I get in the car after work and drive all night -11 hours, Vancouver to Banff.
Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.
I travel a lot and rarely make it home to Seattle.
I work every weekend in my district.