My First Day!

I meandered into the office around 8:15 this morning, a tad bit early. Once I was all set up, I took a quick tour around the office. I was taken aback by how many Congressional Members and their staffers recycle… Very Cool!

Today I was orientated in the technique for answering the phones and how the office coordinates the handling of the variety of constituent mail. Both require a very large effort on the part of everyone in the office and appear to be perpetual in nature.

At the same time, it is surpising for the first time to observe democracy in action through constituents’ correspondence with the Congressman. There are a wide variety of issues that people write, email and call the office about. Obviously the communications reflect the diversity of many opinions and ideas of the people who live in the 3rd District of Kansas.

To me, it is especially interesting to be a part of the system that handles that communication and to see how much attention is provided to the effort to contact and communicate with Representative Moore. Today has already given me a lot to think about, particularly the concept of how a Congressman goes about the work of representing people from back home.