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Bob Wise: If I could just share a couple of examples with the gentleman, I have not seen my two children awake, my young children…

On the recordMarch 3, 1995
If I could just share a couple of examples with the gentleman, I have not seen my two children awake, my young children, 7 and 5, in a waking state after 8 a.m. in the last 2 work weeks. My son drew a picture, my 7-year-old on Dads' Day and on Valentines Day, and on Dads' Day at school he drew a picture, they all drew pictures of their fathers, and the picture he drew of his father was a pretty good cartoon, actually, with a moustache, with a suitcase in one hand and a hand on the door and a balloon coming out of the mouth that said, ``Goodbye.'' Those things get to you after a while. Now, in fairness, our constituents do the same thing. The gentleman and I have constituents who are truck drivers, coal miners, sales people working two or three jobs trying to make it. They agonize that they do not see their children in every bit the same way.
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Bob Wise
West Virginia

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Discussing the impact of congressional scheduling on family life.

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