Rep. Anna Eshoo pointed at the newly empty walls of her office. “It looks like this place is saying goodbye,” she said.
After 32 years, she’s retiring from Congress at the end of this term. The Californian spent most of that time serving on the powerful Energy and Commerce panel, rising to become the top Democrat on the Health Subcommittee.
“You walk in without anything, but when you’re leaving, there’s an accumulation of the manifestations of the work,” she said.