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Congressman really digs his college sports team
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12/28/12 11:12 AM ET
Let’s hope future chairmen and chairwomen of the House Appropriations Committee dig the University of California Los Angeles’s sports teams as much as Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) does.
The retiring 78-year-old Lewis, a huge UCLA Bruins fan, has a Bichon-poo named Bruin. And as former chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Lewis even did a little remodeling of his old office with his alma mater's school colors, replacing the carpet with blue and gold tiles.
The 17-term lawmaker tells Southern California Public Radio station 89.3 KPCC that the chairman’s office — which is located directly off the House floor — is his favorite spot on Capitol Hill, “To say the least, it’s nicely situated for the chairman.”
