2023-06-19 03:32
Dads in Congress reflect on working in Washington while making sure 'kids come first'
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- At 10 months old, Hodge Gomez has already roamed the halls of Congress, meeting with politicians and presidents. He even went viral -- watching all 15 rounds of Kevin McCarthy's historically messy fight for the speakership from the arms of his dad, California Rep. Jimmy Gomez. "He's a famous little baby," Gomez recently told ABC News, joking, "I'm just riding his coattails." Hodges' charm, and Gomez's new fatherhood, led him this year to help create the Congressional Dads Caucus, a group of 28 lawmakers, all Democrats, focusing on what they call the big picture parenting issues, like expanding the child tax credit and paid family leave.
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