I'm incredibly grateful and proud: Together alongside so many of our neighbors and, as always, Monte Belmonte, we marched 43 miles to fight hunger here in Western Massachusetts.

The result? We raised $13,496 for The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. This provided 40,488 healthy and nutritious meals to a neighbor in need.

Today, my Dad joined my friend Monte Belmonte on a march to fight hunger here in Western Massachusetts. He's been doing this for nearly a decade, and frankly as long as I can remember, it's his favorite way to spend his birthday.

We need to discuss two wild and immature things that happened in Congress this week.

Example one, the Senate: Oklahoma's Markwayne Mullin got up in a committee hearing, adjusted a ring on his hand, and offered to fight a witness, there and then. He backed down, but is still bragging and raising money over his petty intimidation.