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You know, you looked, and you talked to, to, to Members that live outside of the area. 

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And they have a debate on whether to move the family to Washington, or whether to stay and be gone every weekend,

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or whether to keep the family at home, and then, be—come home every weekend but be out campaigning.

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We lived in Frederick. He drove in every day. Traffic was not what it is today. And he was able to, to, to work that.

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My reaction was I would keep the house going. We had three children. They were fairly young. And commuting in was, was fine.

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There would be times when he would not get back in time for a meeting, and, and, but you, you worked through those things.

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What you lost in that, though, was the opportunity to know your colleagues and to work with your colleagues, because he was back and forth.

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Whereas when you have a Member that is here during the week, or a Member that moves their family here, 

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you get a much better working relationship and understanding of, of the issues that those Members bring with them.