Months after the passing of Rep. Don Young (R-AK), his office on Capitol Hill is being cleared out.
For those who have visited the longtime public servant’s place of work, they will no moving out is no ordinary task.
Walls that once housed bears lay bare. Phones that once rang with reckless abandon are silent. A desk that once served the Dean of the House is clean save for a phone and some papers. Ortiz is one of two staffers left in Rayburn House Office Building 2314. He has called this office his home away from home for a decade. Ortiz and his team no longer serve Young, but the Alaska At-Large office. They can no longer take positions on policy as there is no figurehead making decisions, so their role is now largely ceremonial – taking calls from constituents and approving requests for American flags given out by Congressional offices.
“A place where Alaskans can go and experience a slice of the office up in the state of Alaska,” said Ortiz.
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