After a blizzard crippled Washington, D.C. and the surrounding region, bringing the nation's capital to a standstill, the women of the Senate (and those who work for the upper chamber) were apparently the only ones who showed up to work.
That's according to Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who made the observation on the Senate floor Tuesday morning.
"As we convene this morning, you look around the chamber, the presiding officer is female. All of our parliamentarians are female," Murkowski, a Republican, said." Our floor managers are female. All of our pages are female."
Thanks to @lisamurkowski for joining me this morning to open the Senate – how fitting for Maine & Alaska to be here after the blizzard!— Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) January 26, 2016
Seeing the Senate -- which counts 20 women as members -- run by women, was a "genuinely fabulous" sight, Murkowski said. She was joined in the chamber by Maine Sen. Susan Collins, also a Republican, who held the Senate's gavel Tuesday.
"This was not orchestrated in any way, state or form. We came in this morning, looked around and thought something is different this morning, different in a good way, I might add," Murkowski said. "Perhaps it just speaks to the hardiness of women that put on your boots, put your hat on, get out, slog through the mess that is out there."