Freshman Rep. Diane Black (right) speaks with Maj. Gen. Patricia Horoho about her family’s military roots and the medical field. The Tennessee Republican is a former nurse and now sits on the Ways and Means Committee.
Does that mean she plans to stay in the House 10 years?
“I have no idea, truly, how long I’m going to stay here. As long as I have that fire in the belly and that persistence to make a difference, I will work at it,” she said. “When I finally get to that point where I say, ‘Yeah, we’re on the right track,’ I may say, ‘I’m going to lay on the beach somewhere.’ I don’t know; that’s not in my personality.”
Rep. Bill Cassidy has his blood drawn by Alesha Barbour during a free hepatitis screening in the Rayburn House Office Building hosted by the Congressional Viral Hepatitis Caucus to recognize "National Viral Hepatitis Testing Day."
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