Congressman Derek Schmidt Talks Infrastructure, QBS, and the Road to D.C.
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Congressman Derek Schmidt Talks Infrastructure, QBS, and the Road to D.C.

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 24, 202621 min

In this special episode of the QBS Express — recorded in Washington, D.C. — host Scott Heidner (Executive Director, ACEC Kansas) and co-host Rob Krewson (President, ACEC Kansas) sit down with U.S. Representative Derek Schmidt of Kansas for a wide-ranging conversation on infrastructure, policy, and public service. About the Guest: Congressman Derek Schmidt has spent his career in Kansas public service — as a legislative staffer, ten years in the Kansas State Senate, three terms as Kansas Attorney General, and now representing Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives. A licensed attorney, he brings a practicing professional's perspe...

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Welcome listeners to the QBS express, the ACEC Kansas podcast. I'm your host executive director, Scott Heidner. Uh, we have a lot of things that are special about today's podcast. We're normally doing audio only, but today we have video because we're being

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hosted by our friends at ACEC national in DC and don't usually have a co-host. But today our ACC Kansas president, Rob Creuson is joining me and together we're extremely excited to welcome United States Congressman from the great state of Kansas, Derek Schmidt.

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Congressman, thanks for being with us. Thanks for having me on Scott. Appreciate it very much. Absolutely.

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