You’ve heard me yammer until my puss turns blue about the need to restore collegiality in Congress.

Well, the folks who “represent” us in Washington aren’t listening to little ol’ me. In fact, it’s getting worse one congressional committee hearing at a time.

Congress keeps summoning Donald Trump administration officials to Capitol Hill to tell the public what they know about this and/or that decision. Administration chieftains dummy up. They don’t answer questions. They instead draw the ire of critics who want them to answer yes or no questions. Sen. Adam Schiff of California recently squared off with Attorney General Pam Bondi over a litany of unanswered questions. Bondi responded by asking Schiff whether he attended law school. Spoiler alert: Yes, he did … and practiced law before entering the political world of rough and tumble.

I say all this as someone who has watched political adversaries joust and jeer at each other in the middle of stern debate. When they heard the last call in either the House or the Senate, though, they would leave the floor and have dinner or a drink with each other. I once heard an anecdotal tale of Sens. John Tower and Hubert Humphrey arguing over a policy matter until they ran out of breath while conducting business. Tower, a Republican from Texas, and Humphrey, a Democrat from Minnesota, then walked off the Senate floor arm in arm.

Weird, yes? Well, yeah … especially since both sides always found room to compromise and then get things done.