Congressman Gregg Harper visited Mississippi State University during his travel through northeast Mississippi on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Rob Mellen, adviser to the College Republicans at MSU, said Harper has visited MSU in the past and spoke to many classes about government.
“We just simply invited him to come down and speak to the College Republicans group,” Mellen said. “I work through his office with Marcy Scoggins who is one of his assistants. She handles his schedule and he agreed to come down, in fact, likes to come down and speak to the classes.”
Mellen also said aside from speaking to the College Republicans group, Harper also spoke to classes on campus including Whit Waide’s American Government class.
Mellen said Harper will be in Mississippi the next few days and made appearances at several events around Starkville.
In addition to two speaking engagements on campus Tuesday, Harper also visited a Starkville Fire Station that received federal funds, and toured local companies and spoke to Starkville High School Wednesday morning.
“It’s kind of a whirlwind tour of northeast Mississippi, but he’s engaging in what we call constituent service,” Mellen said.