Just then, another legislator, Steve Holt, interrupts with a smirk.
Her audience is a group of about two dozen middle school-aged kids seated on the floor in the back corner of the room. Westrich, a petite cheery blonde, is just finishing up explaining how a lawmaker can summon a legislative page to their desk if they have a specific request to add to a bill. The state Legislature is out of session, and only a handful of members are lazing about the chamber catching up on correspondence.
It’s a drowsy rainy Thursday at the Iowa State Capitol, and Iowa State Representative Cherielynn Westrich is speaking to a school group about how a bill becomes a law.
