A lot of activity has been happening on Capitol Hill as far as the push for MorePeaceCorps. However, the efforts are just starting to begin. Now it’s time for following up with congress. Check to see if your congressmen have signed onto the Dear Colleague letter or co-sponsored House Bill 1066 at the MorePeaceCorps website.
If your congressmen are not on these lists you can contact them and ask them to consider signing the letter and becoming a co-sponsor.
Right now there are 89 co-sponsors on the House Bill 1066 and there are 22 signers of the Peace Corps funding Dear Colleague letter. Currently many of the co-sponsors of the House Bill have not signed the Dear Colleague letter.
If your lawmaker is among this group you can write them a thank you letter for their co-sponsorship and remind them that they can continue supporting the goals of the legislation by signing on to the dear colleague letter. Our attention has been primarily on the House, but we expect specific action in the Senate very soon.
Continue to watch for updates from NPCA advocacy and the MorePeaceCorps Campaign. Thank you to everyone who signed the MorePeaceCorps petition and made comments. The comments were extremely helpful on March 3rd when the lawmakers could read their constituent's remarks about Peace Corps positive impact.
[Pictured above, RPCV members of Congress: Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA), Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI), Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-OH), Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA).]
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