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‘Who’s the last person you texted?’ and other burning questions for Congress on Valentine’s Day

Love is in the air on Capitol Hill

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By Kathryn Lyons and Thomas McKinless
Posted February 13, 2020 at 1:15pm

Who says love and Congress can’t go together? For this Valentine’s Day, Heard on the Hill gave lawmakers probing love notes to get them in the lovey-dovey spirit.

Rep. Joseph Morelle tells us the last person he texted and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers shares why the Willard Hotel is the most romantic date spot in Washington.

[ Sometimes a red rose is just a red rose, even on Capitol Hill ]

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