Monday, April 23, 2012

Eric Cantor Talks Bipartisanship, Faith and GW

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) spoke before students at the Hillel house at an event sponsored by Challah for Hunger last Thursday afternoon.

With a slight Southern twang, Congressman Cantor, the second-highest ranking member of the House of Representatives, spoke briefly about faith and service. He pointed to the Jewish concept of "Tikun Olam," or repairing the world, as a guiding force in his work.

The Congressman emphasized the importance of students getting involved around Washington, reminiscing about his time working on the Hill while in school, interning and later driving for Virginia Representative Tom Billey.

The House Majority Leader graduated from GW in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He was a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and lived in Thurston Hall his freshman year. "I'm glad they didn't have YouTube back then," Congressman Cantor joked.

Despite appearing almost an hour late for the speech, the Congressman still left time to answer questions from the audience. WRGW News was able to ask one question about the difficulties of bipartisanship in Congress. Listen below:



-Joseph Rabinowitz

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