Because you spend a few days a week in D.C. and then you're back in state, both for family and for your constituents in Texas. Yeah, that's right. That's one thing that's been hard. I'll start on the constituents first. It's been hard to explain to constituents that I spend so much time in D.C. because a state rep in Austin, I could go back and forth easily. and I could attend an event at a night, you know, some dinner or something like that, and then drive back to Austin the next morning and be there in time for votes. (15:57–16:05)
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Asserts the difficulty in explaining to constituents the time spent in D.C. compared to being a state representative in Austin.
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