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The Senate Is a Sick Place

“Everybody in the chamber has got the flu. I just shook hands with three senators who were like, ‘I’m sick.'”  

— Sen. Chris Coons, interrupting a brief interview with CQ Roll Call to use a hand sanitizer stand.


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