Schock repaid the expense, but only after he was questioned about it.
Aaron Schock is challenging you to lose weight
and get healthier this summer.
And Schock has already been in politics for longer than a decade;
Schock's strategy was to build muscle as a way
of keeping fat at bay;
When questioned about the charges, Schock first reacted asking what was the issue involved.
When Michigan congressman John Dingell
was celebrating his 25th year in office, Schock was still in utero.
Schock is a committed deficit hawk who favors
tax incentives to spur investment in alternative energy and infrastructure;
One of my favorite quotes is from Ben Franklin,
who said,'A good example is the best sermon,'" Schock says.
But instead of shrinking from the two characteristics that Ronald Reagan famously described as liabilities-
his"youth and inexperience"- Schock embraces them.
He even touts one of his favorite quotes as being
that of Ben Franklin“‘A good example is the best sermon,'” Schock said.
Maintaining a physique like Schock's isn't easy under any circumstance, but
in the constantly bubbling pressure cooker of politics, it's particularly daunting.
But Schock isn't one of those lifelong fitness buffs who think we
all have 2 hours a day to spend in the gym.
Schock's approach to health care may be to turn the political issue into a personal
one, but that's his stance on a lot of things.
Schock- the first U.S. rep born in the 1980s-
is young enough to be the son of most of his peers, and the grandson of many.
So healthconscious pols like Schock now run a gauntlet of Inigo Montoya
wannabes who wield tiny wooden sabers in an effort to curry favor and influence policy.
Schock had then said:'All I would say
is that our trip here was signed off by the appropriate authorities in our government… and specifically by the House of Representatives.
When he strolls into a New
York City studio for his photo shoot, Schock isn't sporting the typical boxy clothes
that Beltway insiders wear in order to hide what's stretching their belts.
It's got to happen early or
it's not going to happen," says Schock, who on the cusp of his 30th birthday is the youngest
member of the House of Representatives- and already in his second term.
No, what makes Aaron Schock so different in the Washington world is
that he's committed to helping his generation embrace health and fitness as a personal responsibility- and he's doing it not just with words, but actions.
The biggest misconception people have about me is that when they see how young I am, they think,'Oh, this guy must have always wanted to be in politics,
his parents must have been politically connected,'" Schock says.
He notes that members of Congress in their 60s, 70s,
and 80s won't be around to suffer the consequences of their misguided policies, while Schock and his generation will feel the negative effects
of bad policy for the rest of their lives.