GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden Defend Himself For Yelling At Senate Interns
Freshman Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wisconsin) yelled at a group of high school-aged Senate pages while giving a tour of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. The Senate’s page program invites teenagers to intern at Capitol Hill and allows them to complete menial tasks for lawmakers, such as preparing the chamber for sessions and carrying bills and amendments on the floor. They are usually nominated by their home state senator. Van Orden reportedly saw some of the students lying on their backs in the Capitol Rotunda after hours, taking photos of the building’s dome. According to a transcript tak...