Hastert has been moving off the reservation fairly consistently lately. If he's one of the congresscritters who're taking a field trip over to the ME, perhaps he feels a need to justify the trip.
No..Dennis isn't going...he is in not great health.
But, he is sending WORSE...Jane Harman!!!
Peter Hoekstra, Jane Harman, Darrell Issa (Lebanese)..and one other that I forget.