yes memason he is setting the example. Which he should also do on the extra spending as he just directed everybody else to do. An acceptable alternative is for his family to wait until he can go too. There is no justifying separate planes to go to the same place as he has done in the past especially in light of his recent guidelines to curb travel expenses.

He is demonstrating for all the other 434 representatives in Washington that there can be an excuse to spend as usual.

btk