COLUMBUS, Ind. – Rep. Greg Pence, R-Indiana, spoke to students participating in IUPUC’s iEngage camp Tuesday morning at the Columbus Learning Center. The congressman is one of the camp’s donors and also serves on the college’s board of advisers.
Pence began by explaining his work as a legislator.
“What does a representative do?” he asked. “Literally, I represent people here in the Indiana Sixth District, and that includes 11 counties in central Indiana, so Bartholomew, Johnson and then kind of over towards the east. What do we represent? Anything that you or your parents or IUPUI or any school has in dealings with federal government. So if you need some help with the federal government, like Social Security, IRS or passports — that happens a lot — you call our office, and we come, and we help you get that done.”
He also outlined the basics of committee hearings and voting procedures.
Pence noted that while he is a member of the federal legislative branch, his younger brother, former Vice President Mike Pence, had a different role.
“He was in the executive branch for a while, then he lost his job,” he said. “He’s trying to get it back right now.”
Mike Pence recently launched a 2024 presidential campaign, making him the first vice president in modern history to take on his former running mate.
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