Bridenstine Reflects on First Weeks in DC
Bridenstine says being a D.C. newcomer serves him and his staff well
BY RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Even by the standards of congressional newcomers, U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine’s staff is on the green side.
His chief of staff, Joe Kaufman, is retired from Phillips Petroleum Co. Only two of his 14 employees in Washington, D.C., and Tulsa have any experience in federal government.
Bridenstine says he wanted it that way.
“It gives me more flexibility,” he said Monday. “I’m able to vote the way I want to vote without an inside-the-beltway person telling me what they think I should do.”