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for his t visit to the "washington journal" is illinois democrat eric sorensen a freshman serving on the agricultural science committee in 118th congress congress. we'll talk to -- want to talk about your previous career is a local weatherman. what did that job prepare you for this job on capitol hill? guest: i realize that i has spent nearly 20 years of my career in the district i now serve. my hometown of rockford illinois . when my congresswoman announced that she was not going to run for reelection it was the news anchors on the others to the studio and they pointed to me is that you need to do that. i said, no, i am not a politician. but what happened after that were many sleepless nights where i would toss and turn and i talk to myself -- wait a minute, maybe my hometown does not need a politician, they may be meet someone they've already been able to trust. i think i took that for granted being on local news for so long was what was the value of the trusts i had gained with the viewers? i was somebody that was there 99% of the days but 1% of the days when there were life-threa

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for his t visit to the "washington journal" is illinois democrat eric sorensen a freshman serving on the agricultural science committee in 118th congress congress. we'll talk to -- want to talk about your previous career is a local weatherman. what did that job prepare you for this job on capitol hill? guest:

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