The most important consideration I have is I want my legislative shop to have a functional office suite that is conducive to getting their work accomplished.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I love working the legislative process.
I've loved being in legislative office on a state level, and I think on a federal level there are so many more opportunities. I'm so excited to accomplish more.
My job in Congress is to identify projects with federal or some other public component and then to push developers to provide employment opportunities to neighborhood residents.
There's a rhythm to the legislative session and there are rhythms to legislative sessions. So I think that's very important to take into consideration when you are deciding what to do when.
Connectivity is important to our state, including the opportunity for our citizens to see our legislative process at work.
Part of my mandate is to curb corruption and streamline a cumbersome, graft-ridden bureaucracy, to put resources where they will provide the clearest results, and to untangle a complicated regulatory environment.
Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.
As I've learned in my time in the state legislature, important legislation is always a work in progress.
Retaining a sense of control is really important. I like to do things in my own time, and in my own style, so an office with targets and bureaucracy just wouldn't work.
I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.