How a Congressional Office Actually Works

How a Congressional Office Actually Works

From Statecraft by Santi Ruiz

February 19, 2026 · 1h 9m

About this episode

Baillee Brown discusses her experience working in a Congressional office and the importance of abundance-policy areas.

Baillee Brown is Head of Government and External Affairs at Inclusive Abundance , which works to help members of Congress get more interested in abundance-policy areas, principally housing, energy, science, innovation, and good governance. She worked on Capitol Hill for 10 years, for Congressman Scott Peters from San Diego. She began as scheduler, moved to the legislative team, and was most recently his chief of staff in the DC office . For the full transcript of this conversation, go to www.statecraft.pub . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.statecraft.pub

People in this episode

Host: Santi Ruiz

Guest: Baillee Brown

Topics covered

  • Congress
  • government
  • policy
  • housing
  • energy
  • innovation
  • good governance

Keywords

  • Congress
  • abundance-policy
  • housing
  • energy
  • science
  • innovation
  • good governance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Inclusive Abundance

Places: San Diego

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