What Do You Get a Congressman That Has Everything?

No offense to those living in The Region, but sometimes I forget that Pete Visclosky is a member of the Indiana Congressional delegation. (I get the feeling the few Repubs there are up there won’t be offended) So when I heard the news this morning that an Indiana Congressman is getting married on New Year’s Day, I had to think about who it might be for second.

From the Indy Star:

Indiana congressman plans Jan. 1 wedding
Associated Press
December 10, 2007

GARY, Ind. — U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky has announced that he and congressional attorney Joanne Royce are engaged and will wed Jan. 1 in a private ceremony.

“I’m happy and shocked to find someone who will marry me,” said Visclosky, D-Ind., who is keeping details of the wedding and engagement private.

Royce works as the investigative counsel for the Energy & Commerce Committee for the House of Representatives. She previously was a senior litigator for the Government Accountability Project, an organization that provides legal assistance to government whistleblowers.

Visclosky, a 12-term congressman, has two children from a previous marriage: John, 20, and Timothy, 17.

This is the first marriage for Royce, a Jacksonville, Fla., native who received her law degree from the University of Florida Holland Law Center and her master of laws degree in international and comparative law from Georgetown University.

Visclosky, who’s represented Indiana’s 1st District since 1985, is a member of the Appropriations Committee, serving as the chairman of its energy and water subcommittee. He is also the chairman of the Congressional Steel Caucus.

As the article said this is Pete’s second wedding, he’s in (probably) the safest Congressional seat in Indiana and he’s been a member of Congress long enough to be vested in all the retirement perks. So, for those invited to the wedding, you have to ask yourself, what do you get a Congressman that has everything?

Partisan politics aside, congrats to the Visclosky and Royce families.

(H/T - Loyal HA reader and native of the Region)