Member of U.S. Congress Strives to Make Life Better for Constituents
As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Greg Landsman, MTS ‘04, seeks to serve his constituents in Southwest Ohio by building broad coalitions around various policy areas.
Greg Landsman, MTS '04
Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives (Washington, D.C., Southwest Ohio)
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Describe the work you do today:
As a member of Congress, our team and I do a lot of casework, legislation, engagement, and communications. Through casework, we help our constituents with issues ranging from tax support, immigration, Social Security and Medicare, veterans benefits, and more. We’re a reliable partner in navigating federal agencies.
In addition to pursuing legislation we believe will help folks in Southwest Ohio, I vote on laws that are brought to committee and the full U.S. House of Representatives. We vote most weeks, typically over a span of three to four days.
With regard to engagement, we tour businesses and schools, hold townhalls and listening sessions, and we engage folks on a host of social media platforms.
As for communication, we want to be sure folks in my district are informed, they know what we’re doing, and we’re helping to shape the national debate.
Big picture, we’re trying to make life better for children and families, especially the those most marginalized, and make it easier for folks to pay all their bills and live in safe and thriving communities. We work really hard to be a reliable, accountable, transparent and bipartisan leader that helps to solve problems and get things done.
How has your degree influenced your career journey?
HDS gave me better understanding of how people organize around their values and beliefs, helping me choose leadership roles where I can have the most impact. When I’m in that role, I now make sure to build the broadest coalition possible to get things done.
What career advice do you offer to current HDS students?
Be empathic and know that you need people with varying opinions and beliefs to get things done.
Know your values and fight for them but do it in a way that includes as many people as possible. We can’t help those who need it unless we have the power to make things happen – and that’s requires building community and broad coalitions that can get things done.