I mean, the department itself acknowledged her: they all clapped when she came in, they know she's the one who saved their bacon. It's only the Senator who doesn't know, and I don't think there's a good way, in that moment, for her to demand acknowledgement from him. Not with Jack Thompson soaking up the senator's praise rather than setting him straight.

(Oh, Jack Thompson, you were almost growing on me, and then you went and did this.)