Bill Owens: “A Rational Pragmatist”
On November 19, 2014 former NPR correspondent Andrea Seabrook interviewed outgoing Congressman Bill Owens. In her introduction Seabrook described Owens as a rational pragmatist. Owens said, “My view of the world is that there is a band of rational thought that we should all act in. I’m not saying that there is nothing you should be passionate about. But I think ultimately you have to go back to a thought-process that is fact-based and analytic.” Describing his vision of a being an effective legislator Owens said, “You can’t take a position, in my view, that says, ‘Well, I’m going to have you sacrifice but not me. ‘… We need to finds ways to, if you will, conjoin the interests of groups as opposed to splitting them apart. And we don’t focus on that in my view very often.”
The interview was conducted on the blog decodedc.com. Click here to listen to the 20-minute interview.
Posted: December 17th, 2014 under Congressional News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.