Connie Morella: “Thank you, Jack. You're right, it's a great way for us to share our experiences and enthusiasm with the younger group…”

“Thank you, Jack. You're right, it's a great way for us to share our experiences and enthusiasm with the younger group coming into leadership. Also, we thank Matt McHugh, your colleague, for the great job you've done with the program. As you may recall, friends, from our last report to Congress, the association has put some energy and focus into this question of bipartisanship and civility in our political discourse. We are furthering this important work via the Common Ground Project. The purpose of the Common Ground Project is to involve citizens in a dialogue about the issues of the day, have a vigorous debate that's both partisan and productive, and benefit from the experience of respecting a different point of view. Some of our existing undertakings already fit very nicely with this objective, for example, the Congress to Campus program that Jack Buechner just reported. And to give you more background about the Common Ground Project, I invite my colleague from Oklahoma, former Member Mickey Edwards, to share a report. Thank you, Mickey.”