It's the Brian Lair Show on WNYC. Good morning again everyone. Well, after giving you

that detailed update on the weather and taking some calls with reports from various locations

around the area, we're going to take a break from that now. Obviously you know the basics

of just don't go out if you don't have to. The roads are a total mess. The airports are

a total mess. The subways and commuter rails are a total mess. A lot of service is suspended.

We do plan to take Governor Hocal and Mayor Adams news conference if it happens at any

time during the show. But meantime, let's talk about other things and distract ourselves.

Like as our congressional bodies inch closer and closer to a government shutdown, no we're

not going to talk about the government shutdown. The one thing our lawmakers can't stop talking

about and the Senate can unanimously vote on is fashion. A few weeks ago, did you hear this?

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Sumer moved to relax the dress code on the Senate floor. When asked

about it, Sumer confirmed this was to accommodate Pennsylvania Senator John Federman who suffered

from a stroke while on the campaign trail and later took time away from the office to deal with

clinical depression. Known for wearing hoodies and shorts, when asked about why he dresses the

way he does, here's 45 seconds of what Federman had to say. Comfort, basically. And you know,

it's kind of hard to find suits, you know, kind of the size too. And I believe that it's not

the person that is made by how they dress as well too. I mean, you're still willing to speak to

me and I'm in a hoodie and you're in a suit. You know, if you would have showed up, you know,

dressed like Spider-Man, I still would have been delighted to speak to you because I know

you're a professional and I'm delighted to do that. So, and particularly our staffers, you know,

are not well paid here in DC and they work very, very hard and that is a major financial burden,

you know, including dry cleaning as well too. You know, we, you know, I have a dynamic staff. I

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