If I could answer, if you ask most people who have been in cabinet, been in government and so on, what regret they have, it would be not exercising that authority they had a bit more often, deferring too often to those permanent forces in the bureaucracy who told them what to do.
I think that when people look back on their careers, having had their opportunity to make a difference, they will ask themselves, “Did I exercise that opportunity to make a difference, or did I let somebody else frustrate my efforts to represent my community and my constituents and do what I thought was right for them?”
It's really incumbent upon us here to do that. Whatever your perspectives, your views, if you represent a perspective and there's something worthwhile for your community, go to bat, make it happen. You will not feel bad about it in looking back on your career.