WASHINGTON, D.C. — It did not take long for Congressman Jeff Duncan to get the ball rolling. The day after Clemson wrapped up its first national championship in football in 35 years, the Congressman was on the phone trying to figure out a way to have his alma mater honored as the 2016 National Champions at the White House.
“The logistics of getting this many people here to the White House … For them to pick a date, then to get them here, then to work with the university and their security and logistics then Capitol Hill’s Police, the Speaker’s Office, get them to come to the Capitol and open up the Speaker’s Balcony, there were a lot of moving pieces here and our staffs were just great,” Congressman Duncan said afterward.