H. Lancaster: “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It was a great pleasure for me to have an opportunity to go with the gentleman to the University…”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It was a great pleasure for me to have an opportunity to go with the gentleman to the University of New Mexico as a part of the Congress to Campus program. With the success of our dinner last year, we are pleased that we will be able to expand from approximately 10 schools a year to perhaps as many as 30 schools a year in the future. It is a great opportunity for those of us who are Former Members to get out across the country and to share with the future leaders of our country, the current college students, what the democratic process is all about, since, unfortunately, many of them get a skewed idea of what Congress is about through the media. Since Members of Congress rarely can spend more than an hour or so on a campus, having an opportunity for two Former Members, a Democrat and a Republican, to spend 2 rac{1}{2} days on a campus is truly an outstanding opportunity for those students to get a better understanding of Congress.”