“Someday you can run for office.” It’s a brief comment that members of Congress have said to legions of interns who pass through the halls season after season.
But small moments of encouragement make the biggest difference. That’s what Rep. Jim Langevin says looking back at his first exposure working at the Capitol as an intern for the late Sen. Claiborne Pell.
Langevin heard those words from Pell and “took them to heart,” eventually running for office and serving 11 terms in the House. He became the first quadriplegic ever elected to Congress.
