Name: ‘You Got One Constituent—That's God’: Former Senator, Ambassador Brownback Shares How Faith Redefined His Work | Capitol Report
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Description: Ambassador Sam Brownback shares his story, from battling cancer to honoring his pledge to step down as senator after two terms, and how faith is at the center of his journey.

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Ambassador Sam Brownback shares his story, from battling cancer to honoring his pledge to step down as senator after two terms, and how faith is at the center of his journey. At a time when his life was measured in poll numbers, the Senate chaplain told him he only had one constituent: God.

“It just really changed my trajectory from somebody focused on very worldly means of being elected and serving to trying to figure out what it is that the God of the universe would be interested in. And interestingly enough, my poll numbers went up.”

We also hear from Carol Swain about restoring America's foundational values and how President Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Commission is working to ensure people of faith are not discriminated against.

And Eric Weir, author of “Who's Eating Your Pie?,” discusses overcoming a life-changing trauma to achieve success, saying once he learned to thank God for his stutter, it “substantially went away, and I was able to communicate, because at that time, I accepted who I was.”

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