Members and Journalists’ Kids Take Over Capitol Hill – Roll Call

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Members and Journalists’ Kids Take Over Capitol Hill

By Thomas McKinless

Posted April 27, 2017 at 10:04pm

By Thomas McKinless and Alex Gangitano

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Kids were spotted all over the Hill on Thursday for “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” — from Sen. Tom Cotton’s two-year-old hanging out at an Armed Services committee hearing to a pack of journalists’ kids storming the stage after the House leadership press conferences. Also, Olympic gymnast Simone Bilesaddressed a crowd of children, parents and staffers at an event for the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility at the Russell office building.

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