Hey Everyone!

    So this has been a very eventful week for me at the Senate since both my committees held meetings on the same day. I am in the Natural Resources committee as well as the Workforce and Commerce committee and both have proved to be very interesting already. It was nice being able to introduce ourselves to everyone working within the committee which definitely helped make us feel included, even though I was definitely nervous. I also learned lots of things during these meetings in between running errands, making copies, and fetching water for the Senators. This first week of meetings was rather calm since there were not many bills being proposed but I am definitely excited to see how that changes between now and the last day of the session which is known as "Sign or Die".
     Also one of my peers brought forth some information from her committee which sparked a heated debate within our office. In her meeting the issue of whether prisoners should be paid minimum wage as opposed to the current low wage of a couple cents. The office was pretty split, some believed that the current wage is sufficient since prisoners have fewer expenses while incarcerated. Others felt that increasing the wage would help prisoners have some sort of foundation when they are released and even argued the point that many prisoners still send money to family members.
     I am definitely looking forward to more conversations like these since they definitely help me look at things from a different perspective!