I am nearly as old as you are, Madam Speaker. And I too am of the generation who were always counted as "firsts." The first woman to (fill in the blank.) The one the younger women looked up to as a role model.
I have to admit I railed against it for awhile. I didn't want that responsibility. I just wanted to do my job.
But history has a way of changing what we want, doesn't it?
You, Madam Speaker, are now going to be dissected and lambasted and held up to ridicule on a regular basis. More so than ever before. Therefore, if I may be so bold, some words of wisdom?
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