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

It’s Gertz, not Gaetz; dreaming of a tweet-free president; Kerr and Khanna on guns; and Quigley fights for hockey pioneer

Rows of chairs reserved for members of Congress were set up for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi ceremony at the The National Museum of American History on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rows of chairs reserved for members of Congress were set up for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi ceremony at the The National Museum of American History on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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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