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Thanksgiving is a time for people across the country to express gratitude, and it’s no different for those who work on Capitol Hill.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle told Fox News Digital they were grateful for their families, including Reps. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., and Erin Houchin, R-Ind.
“And it’s a real blessing to be able to be here and serve,” Houchin added of her work.
Other lawmakers were excited to simply be out of Washington.
“I’m happy I’ll be in Massachusetts. I’m thankful for that … I’m going to be away from this, you know, s— show that’s been going on here over the last couple of weeks,” said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.
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Both Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (pictured with her son) and Steny Hoyer (pictured with wife Elaine Kamarck) said they were grateful for time with family this Thanksgiving. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Ovation TV/Up Entertainment)
Asked what he would be doing while home, McGovern said, “I do a 43-mile walk every year for the food bank in Western Massachusetts. So Monday and Tuesday, I’ll be walking 43 miles.”
He joked, “So this may be the last time you see me.”
And some are grateful for newfound family time — like House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, and former House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., who just remarried in June 2023.
“I’m thankful for a lot of things. I’ve got a wonderful new wife who I’ll be married to now for two and a half years,” Hoyer said. “My first wife died in ‘97, so I was single for a long time.”
Now, however, he added, “I’m very happy. I’m thankful for, we have 17 grandchildren, they’re all healthy, they’re all doing well.”
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