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rajapresentative-elect krishnamoorthi, tell us what you did before you won election to the house. rep.-elect. krishnamoorthi: we make and sell infrared vision technology for space and weitary applications and also make service technology in the high-tech space out in chicagoland. >> how the years have you been doing that? rep. c. smith: -- krishnatative-elect

child, wehen i was a were allowed to take advantage of programs like food stamps and so forth to survive the end my parents were able to complete their studies and get a job of all places in peoria illinois and that is where they spent the next 40 years of their lives and raised a family. at an early age, my father said, regardless of what you to do make sure that government is there for the next families who needed and so when i was in a position, i started to do more for mike community and then for my state and now running for congress with, you know, the next chapter in unfinished business for me which is to help others in the middle class. >> where did you grow up? rep.-elect. krishnamoorthi: peoria, illinois. >> but before that, talk about your heritage. we.-elect. krishnamoorthi:

innt the first seven years part of the united states before we moved to the oreo. >> talk about that. what do you bring to the house of representatives given your background? rep.-elect. krishnamoorthi: my time in peoria? that was my formative years. closestade some of my friends. the incoming chief of staff is one of my childhood friends, we have known each other since we eight-years-old. many of the people in my campaign came from there. it informed my middle class, midwestern values. you know, we -- i believe very much people can disagree without being disagreeable. i grew up mostly with republicans in peoria at that time. it you would not know it talking to them because they did not really advertise their kind of political believes in everything they said. the conversations were very

practical and, you know, democrats and republicans did not throw bombs at each other. they kind of had things out and at the end of the day were able to form tactical solutions to everydayoblems that people have. >> how would you describe your ideology and what or who influenced it? rep.-elect. krishnamoorthi: my ideology is very simple. how do we grow into the middle class? i want to be very practical about that. you know, i believe in helping the working poor to climb the economic ladder into the middle class just as mike family did. for people in the middle class to be able to stay there if they wish and for people who want to jump and take risk and create wealth and prosperity for their communities to be able to do that, too. so, i believe i much that america should lend a helping hand to those who want to help themselves or work to better their families and their

situations so that is my ideology but i am very practical about how do you go about, you know, achieving those ends and i do not pretend i have a monopoly on all of the best ideas. i think there are a lot of good people in good faith on both sides of the aisle who can help and offer solutions to these problems. so as i come here and with the new congress, that is the kind of attitude that i am kind of table.g to the and you are not new to politics. you knew then-senator barack obama. talk about your experience with them. krishnamoorthi: i worked on his campaign in 1999 and that did not go as planned but, you know, in 2002 when he decided to run for the u.s. senate he asked me to come on board and that became his policy director and issues director and the rest is history with him but that really inspired me because, you know, i did not know with -- i did not know if, you know, someone with my background and heritage and an interesting name

would be able to farewell electorally and it turns out that, you know, the people of illinois are very good, decent, open-minded forward-thinking people and they are not going to just pigeonhole you are reject you out of hand because of where you came from or how many letters there are in your name. and so, barack obama's campaign and me to think about elective politics and he himself, you know, inspired me to think about, you know, working families and how much more tangible and kind of concrete today,orms my attitude obviously. >> have you been in contact? have you stayed in contact with the resident? have you heard from him since you won this election? ip.-elect. krishnamoorthi: could from him since i won the election, he actually issued an

endorsement of my campaign and then he followed up with a video message which played a prominent role toward the and of my campaign. we cut it into an ad, not in ad but a video that was very, very popular on youtube. and, you know, i am just very proud to have his support. >> what are your plans for you and your family for this lifestyle of being here in days aton three or four week and then going back to your district? rep.-elect. krishnamoorthi: i have three young children. my wife and i have three young children. 11, 7 and a six-month-old baby girl. so they are not going anywhere. the three ring circus will remain in illinois which is where we live and my wife has a very successful career there and so, you know, i will be commuting. i will be coming here and doing the people's business and

congress and then returning back home on the weekend and as often as i can to get my family and to meet with constituents and so that is the lifestyle we are going to adopt. >> where you plan to live here in washington? rep.-elect. krishnamoorthi: good question. that is on the to-do list along with a number of other things but, you know, it is one of those things where logistics was kind of a last issue i was thinking about us we were approaching election day and now we have the high-class problem on our hand of dealing with all of those issues as well. i do you get help with that from the folks here? from your party? from the staff here in washington for members of congress? rep.-elect. krishnamoorthi: with regard to housing and so forth? informally. that is not really part of the formal program or orientation program. they are more focused on

like, how to be a member of congress and you know, how to vote and where is the capital and all of that stuff. but, we get informal advice here and there regarding this. >> any plans to maybe bunk with another member of congress? rep.-elect. krishnamoorthi: i think i have passed the time of having roommates at this point. i think i am probably a little too, you know, insistent on the way i live. but, i have to think about what are the next steps there. >> what about committee assignments? where you interested in serving? rep.-elect. krishnamoorthi: as i said, the people in my district hired me for how do we build up the strength of the middle class so i will want to be on a committee where we will talk about economic things and jobs, primarily. so that is kind of the focus of my search for committee assignments right now. it is a very interesting process because there are a lot of

moving parts and we're having a lot of conversations, protect ones and hopefully i will be in a position where i can actually help people at that and how do we grow the strength of the middle class. >> you are in washington for orientation meetings. how has it surprised you so far? personal: i think i am surprise, although i should not be, at how much in our i still am -- at how still a.m. when i look up at the capitol dome and see the majesty of our government. -- when i look up at the capitol dome and see the majesty of our government. you know, it really kind of reminds me -- at the same time i it also grounds me because like i have come here to do the people's business of my country and my district so it is time to get to work and really

make sure that they, you know, ? >>what they need, you know thank you very much for talking to c-span. rep.-elect. krishnamoorthi: i love c-span said thank you for doing this for me. thank you. >> absolutely. announcer: the 115th congress convenes on tuesday. inauguration is friday, january 20. live coverage on c-span, the senate on c-span two. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was graded as a public service by america's table television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. today, a daylong conference on government surveillance and privacy issues.

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