Brian Sims

And I actually, it's an important lesson that I've learned moving forward is that, and if you're not finding ways to reinforce the relationships and the friendships and the partnerships that you have and finding new and common ground, often those things fade away and you find yourself with significantly less of a relationship, less of a footing, less of a base than you thought you had.

And I actually, it's an important lesson that I've learned moving forward is that, and if you're not finding ways to reinforce the relationships and the friendships and the partnerships that you have and finding new and common ground, often those things fade away and you find yourself with significantly less of a relationship, less of a footing, less of a base than you thought you had.

I know people in my life that it seems like every five, six, seven years, they're onto a whole new personality, a whole new group of friends, a whole new thing. And while I, as an adventure, I want new things all the time. I also recognize that you have to, you have to nurture your own garden. You have to make sure that you're, it seems trite, but it is simple to,

I know people in my life that it seems like every five, six, seven years, they're onto a whole new personality, a whole new group of friends, a whole new thing. And while I, as an adventure, I want new things all the time. I also recognize that you have to, you have to nurture your own garden. You have to make sure that you're, it seems trite, but it is simple to,

that if all relationships take work and sometimes the longest relationships require work about finding new ways to refresh them. And I think I did a lot of that in office and it's something that I've carried with me.

that if all relationships take work and sometimes the longest relationships require work about finding new ways to refresh them. And I think I did a lot of that in office and it's something that I've carried with me.

My friends, politically, my friends professionally, deserve and I deserve to have those relationships renewed as often as possible and to make sure that there are fresh ideas and fresh excitement coming from them before we could ever think to be doing things with people that disagree with us or that we don't want to be spending time with.

My friends, politically, my friends professionally, deserve and I deserve to have those relationships renewed as often as possible and to make sure that there are fresh ideas and fresh excitement coming from them before we could ever think to be doing things with people that disagree with us or that we don't want to be spending time with.

Yeah, I have two. Two of the biggest bills that I ever wrote while I was in office have yet to become law. One is an amendment to the Equal Pay Act. In the state that I come from, women earn about 72 to 80 cents on the dollar to a man's dollar. In a state where we say that we're not allowed to discriminate against someone and pay based on their gender... Women earn 80% of what a man is earning.

Yeah, I have two. Two of the biggest bills that I ever wrote while I was in office have yet to become law. One is an amendment to the Equal Pay Act. In the state that I come from, women earn about 72 to 80 cents on the dollar to a man's dollar. In a state where we say that we're not allowed to discriminate against someone and pay based on their gender... Women earn 80% of what a man is earning.

And there are lots of reasons for it. And there are lots of ways of fixing it. And I wrote a law that accomplished a lot of those. I wrote them along with some of my women colleagues, my first and second term. And there are women Republicans. There are... Men Republicans married to women in the workforce. There are men Republicans that have daughters.

And there are lots of reasons for it. And there are lots of ways of fixing it. And I wrote a law that accomplished a lot of those. I wrote them along with some of my women colleagues, my first and second term. And there are women Republicans. There are... Men Republicans married to women in the workforce. There are men Republicans that have daughters.

We really tried to cover the gamut, everything that was important about why equal pay mattered. And it never became law, in part because the most powerful people in our government were men. And those people believed that they had to give up something of themselves in order for others to have equality, a longstanding mistaken belief of a lot of men in this world.

We really tried to cover the gamut, everything that was important about why equal pay mattered. And it never became law, in part because the most powerful people in our government were men. And those people believed that they had to give up something of themselves in order for others to have equality, a longstanding mistaken belief of a lot of men in this world.

The other bill that never became law, and it's something that is painfully prescient for me these days, is I wrote the Marriage Equality Act in Pennsylvania. In the United States, marriage laws live at the statewide level, and my state did not have marriage equality. And so I wrote that law in 2013. And by then, pretty soon thereafter, the U.S.

The other bill that never became law, and it's something that is painfully prescient for me these days, is I wrote the Marriage Equality Act in Pennsylvania. In the United States, marriage laws live at the statewide level, and my state did not have marriage equality. And so I wrote that law in 2013. And by then, pretty soon thereafter, the U.S.

Supreme Court said that all states had to have marriage equality. And so it never was passed. And now that we are at risk of losing marriage equality at the federal level, Pennsylvania, where I love and where I'm from, will no longer have, at the statewide level, will not have marriage equality on its books.

Supreme Court said that all states had to have marriage equality. And so it never was passed. And now that we are at risk of losing marriage equality at the federal level, Pennsylvania, where I love and where I'm from, will no longer have, at the statewide level, will not have marriage equality on its books.

Well, I will tell you that one of the lessons that was, I've learned a couple of painful lessons. And one of those lessons, maybe that is based upon the two examples I just gave you, was it is hard to both be in the moment, present, working on something and be an active student of something. But it is important to understand the history upon which we find ourselves.

Well, I will tell you that one of the lessons that was, I've learned a couple of painful lessons. And one of those lessons, maybe that is based upon the two examples I just gave you, was it is hard to both be in the moment, present, working on something and be an active student of something. But it is important to understand the history upon which we find ourselves.