So what I would like to know is, do you feel like going through all this has made you a better writer in any way? Or like, how has that affected your creative side? I mean, it's...

It definitely keeps me going.

I know, though, I'll be honest, I wish I had far more enjoy writing fiction and science fiction and other things than, you know, kind of what we have to talk about daily on the floor.

I will say, like, so last year, we had the gender identity debate on the House where they removed gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.

And we definitely that was a hard day.

And I, you know, afterwards, I went out for supper with my family.

And I, cause I invited my, my parents there that day.

And like, I want to feel like there's action we can take about this.