As part of expanding our knowledge of how government works, our Internship Coordinator Gloria Galeno, arranged a visit to the Arizona State Capitol. We were honored to meet Representative Velasquez, who was elected to represent Arizona's 29th District. We were able to tour the Arizona State Legislature.We had a tour of the Gallery, which is where the public can sit in on the voting section. It was amazing to see where some of the State's laws come from.
Representative Velasquez, also explained how the decision process works, and it is interesting.
We also learned about the committee assignments and how they work. Representative Velasquez sits in on the the Federalism and States' Rights committee, along with the Rules committee. Overall our trip was filled with new knowledge of how the local government operates.
I worked as a senate page, and I'm very sad you were'nt able to make it over to the senate!
ReplyDeleteStill glad you had a good time at our capitol though!