Heritage reaches out to new Congress members
December 16, 2008| By David Talbot
Nineteen newly-elected members of Congress—seventeen Republicans and two Democrats—attended a two-day briefing at The Heritage Foundation last week about the important issues facing the country in the coming year.
Heritage experts, including former Sen. Jim Talent, presented conservative alternatives on key topics like runaway government spending, expanding the energy supply, reforming the health care system, enacting a pro-growth tax program and implementing sound national security and foreign policies.
The Senator-elect and 18 Representatives-elect were eager to learn about the issues and discover common-sense solutions to difficult problems, Heritage's government relations team reported.
After every election, The Heritage Foundation hosts a two day-long orientation for newly-elected members of Congress to educate them about the importance of upholding conservative principles once in office.
