No first-class tickets for Congress, says Rep. Angie Craig – Roll Call

The truth is that I ran for Congress to fix the damn roads and lower the cost of health care, but it is an extraordinary honor to be able to represent, especially to young people, simply by being there. 

I have Republican constituents who come up to me and say, “Look, I don’t agree with you on all your policies, but my son is gay or my daughter’s lesbian, and thank you for being such a great role model.” That’s terrific. I talk about my family in the same way any politician would talk about theirs. My wife, Cheryl, and I have four sons. That’s just a fact. But I openly talk about it, and I think it does make a difference.

I guess the most revealing thing to me about my own district is when I first started running for Congress, it was an R+2 district. That district sent me openly to Congress to do the work on its behalf. The story really is that it wasn’t an issue. Welcome to the future, hopefully.

Quick hits

Last book you read? A beach novel, “One Italian Summer” by Rebecca Serle.

In politics, can the ends justify the means? No. You have to behave in an honorable way throughout.