David Skaggs: “Over the last 4 years, the Congress to Campus Program has visited over 120 campuses around the country and really around…”

“Over the last 4 years, the Congress to Campus Program has visited over 120 campuses around the country and really around the world. As most of the people here in the Chamber know, this is a program that exists because of the volunteer time that our former Member colleagues are willing to donate to the program. A Republican and a Democrat spend a couple of days on campuses around the country and just as the association is dedicated to the promotion of democracy abroad, this program helps build democracy here at home. Its purposes are to educate this generation of college students and actually some of their faculty as well about how our government works and in particular how this Congress works, and, secondly, to encourage them to consider spending some of their careers in public service. We hope that by having a Republican and a Democrat demonstrate that on most things there is more agreement than disagreement for members of the two major parties that we can also communicate some message about how we really solve problems in our political process. This program is only possible because of the generous donation of very precious time on the part of our colleagues, over 50 of whom participated in the program this year. I would like to call on two of them to give us a little bit of a snapshot of the experiences they have had both this year and in the recent past. I first would like to yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Goodling.”