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Outtakes From Visiting Capitol Hill

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Joseph Delaney, Mayor of Garfield, NJ, center, and Thomas Duch, Garfield City Manager, right, greet US Senator Cory Booker (NJ), prior to a hearing chaired by Booker, of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works’ Subcommittee on Oversight, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. I followed Mayor Delaney into the halls of the Dirksen Senate Office Bldg during a break, just to keep shooting.  Here, he speaks to reporter, Herb Jackson, about their roots in NJ. Sometimes you get a phone call like this: "Hi, this is John Doe from That-Newspaper-You've-Worked With-Before, are you available to shoot a hearing in 3 hours?".  In this case it was The (NJ) Record, and the hearing was with the US Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works.  I always appreciate phone calls like this.  1) because it's work and I always appreciate work and 2)  it's work on The Hill, which I always enjoy.  One of the cool things about working in situations like this is that it