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Word on the Hill: What’s Buzzing Around the Capitol?

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Stephen Colbert rides a Segway down the hallway outside of Rep. Adam Schiff's office in the Rayburn House Office Building on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Stephen Colbert rides a Segway down the hallway outside of Rep. Adam Schiff's office in the Rayburn House Office Building on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Alex Gangitano
Posted February 14, 2018 at 9:54am

We’re all over Capitol Hill and its surrounding haunts looking for good stories. Some of the best are ones we come across while reporting the big stories.

There is life beyond legislating, and this is the place for those stories. We look for them, but we don’t find them all. We want to know what you see, too.

Send tips, clips and all your hot goss to HOH@rollcall.com, tweet at us at @HeardontheHill or send them directly to Alex Gangitano, our Heard on the Hill reporter, at AlexGangitano@rollcall.com.

Here’s the word on the Hill for today:

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