On Tuesday, March 19, 2013, TWC student Ward Westray of Drake University met with Rep. Keith Ellison in the congressman's office in Rayburn House Office Building and spoke with him on the following topics:
- Foreign Policy
- Bipartisanship and the need to work together
- Cable news media portrayal of the budget sequester
The congressman was happy to meet Ward, a native of Golden Valley, MN, to speak with him regarding these issues. Ward was interested to find out how the office handles the hundreds of letters and postcards the office receives every week. He came away from the meeting with sense of how business is conducted here in D.C. and a better idea of how the congressman works with his constituents.
Students who participated in the meeting included:
Ward Westray-Drake University [1]
[View photos of the event on our Flickr channel] [2]
Public Policy Dialogues on Capitol Hill (PPDCH), sponsored by Verizon Wireless, provide students with the unique opportunity to meet and interact with members of the Senate or House of Representatives representing their state or congressional district. This is one component of The Washington Center's internship program [3].
