John James: “We had a slogan in Army aviation: ``High Above the Best.'' It was a reminder that the American people entrusted us, me…”

“We had a slogan in Army aviation: ``High Above the Best.'' It was a reminder that the American people entrusted us, me and my men, to provide air support for the soldiers fighting for their lives on the ground each and every single day. Likewise, in Congress, our constituents, our customers, have entrusted our staff and myself to provide air support to the good people in our district fighting for their livelihoods each and every single day. I stand here to say that my district staff has exemplified this slogan, ``High Above the Best.'' In under 6 months in this office, my team has already delivered on a monumental constituent casework milestone in a freshman office. Earlier this month, my team surpassed $100,000 in Federal casework dollars returned to our constituents, to our customers. They are providing that air support to Michigan's 10th Congressional District, just like Army aviators. It is a lot of work setting up a congressional office. Both our D.C. and district teams have burned the midnight oil to get everything up and running so that we can serve you, our constituents, and deliver on the promises we made. On top of all the work that had to be done getting our district office up and running, this staff delivered for the constituency and has returned over $100,000 in Federal dollars and about a trillion-and- a-half passport requests.…”