we should be grateful that Democrats elected a lot of smart, fearless women in recent years

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16. K&R

Couple years ago, my g/f was playfully taunting me when a snowstorm hit DC, and to the last, only female lawmakers showed up to work that particular day. 'Lil' dudes took a snow-day, I guess." she jokingly said. As Sen Murkowsi noted that morning:

“As we convene this morning, you look around the chamber, the presiding officer is female. All of our parliamentarians are female. Our floor managers are female. All of our pages are female,” she told the floor.