I’m guessing you rep. is a Dem, although you don’t mention who it is.
Simple answer. Ossification.
Bureaucrats ossificate.
Elect someone else.
At least this time when they had the hammer and sikle as the primary decoration in their dorm, pay attention.
Commies stay commies. Logic is beyond the smelly marxist beard for idiots who wear the Che genocidal maniac as a heroic figure on their sweat stained T shirts even if the beard is between their thighs.