{"id":243,"date":"2025-07-17T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/council\/?p=243"},"modified":"2025-07-25T17:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T17:41:27","slug":"beyond-the-hill-committees-and-the-journey-of-a-bill-in-pierce-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/council\/2025\/07\/17\/beyond-the-hill-committees-and-the-journey-of-a-bill-in-pierce-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond The Hill: Committees and the Journey of a Bill in Pierce County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Bryan Dominique<\/em>
Communications Manager – Office of the Pierce County Council\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had some thoughts about this summer\u2019s committee reduction, and it starts with a talking piece of paper; and no, I haven\u2019t lost my mind yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m just a bill. Yes, I\u2019m only a bill, and I\u2019m sitting here on Capitol Hill.\u201d When I think about my path to public service, I always come back to these famous words first sung in 1976 by Jack Sheldon through the voice of a lonely cartoon bill on Schoolhouse Rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wouldn\u2019t hear this song until many years later, but it captured my imagination. I became fascinated by the fact that we argue about things called bills, and then everyone does what the words say, even if they don\u2019t like it. For instance, it starts with a phone call to a member of Congress, who says, \u201cYou\u2019re right, there should be a law for that.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0So, as we were preparing to head into the summer committee reduction, I reflected on the experience of first hearing that song.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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