I mean it's a kind of a crazy time in American politics and Capitol Hill tends to be very divided. We have a very aggressive agenda and it requires a lot. The modern speakership, the way this is all developed over the last 250 years, is really an all encompassing job. It's, it's a 24 hour operation really, and we don't get a lot of time for rest. But I've decided this is a season of, of just extreme sacrifice and service and that one day we'll rest down sometime in the future. (01:13–01:22)
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