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138 House Members Request 50th Proclamation
By Jonathan Pearson on Friday, January 21st, 2011
138 members of the House of Representatives signed a House Dear Colleague letter asking President Obama to issue a proclamation recognizing Peace Corps’ 50th anniversary. The letter was circulated by the bi-partisan group of RPCV Congressmen (Farr, Petri, Honda and Garamendi).
A list of all lawmakers who signed the letter can be found below. If your Congressman/woman is listed, contact them and say “Thank you for signing the Dear Colleague letter urging a Presidential Proclamation marking Peace Corps’ 50th anniversary.” You can reach your Congressman/woman by calling the Capitol Hill Switchboard (1-877-851-6437), and asking to be connected to the office of your lawmaker.
Lawmakers Who Signed the Peace Corps Proclamation Letter:
Arizona: Grijalva
California: Baca, Bass, Berman, Capps, Costa, Davis, Eshoo, Farr, Filner, Garamendi, Harman, Honda, Lee, Lofgren, Matsui, McNerney, Miller, Napolitano, Richardson, Roybal-Allard, Loretta Sanchez, Schiff, Speier, Stark, Thompson, Waxman, Woolsey
Colorado: Polis
Connecticut: Courtney, DeLauro, Himes, Larson, Murphy
Delaware: Carney
District of Columbia: Norton
Florida: Castor, Deutch, Hastings, Wasserman Schultz, Wilson
Georgia: Bishop, Johnson, Lewis
Hawaii: Hanabusa, Hirono
Illinois: Davis, Gutierrez, Jackson, Quigley, Schakowsky, Schock
Indiana: Visclosky
Iowa: Boswell, Loebsack
Maine: Michaud, Pingree
Maryland: Cummings, Edwards, Harris, Sarbanes, Van Hollen
Massachusetts: Capuano, Frank, Lynch, Markey, McGovern, Neal, Olver, Tierney, Tsongas
Michigan: Conyers, Kildee, Levin, Walberg
Minnesota: Ellison, Kline, McCollum, Walz
Mississippi: Thompson
Missouri: Carnahan, Clay, Cleaver
New Jersey: Andrews, Holt, Pallone, Payne, Rothman, Sires
New York: Ackerman, Bishop, Clarke, Crowley, Engel, Hanna, Hinchey, Israel, Lowey, Maloney, Nadler, Rangel, Tonko, Towns
North Carolina: McIntyre, Miller, Price
Ohio: Ryan, Sutton
Oregon: Blumenauer, DeFazio, Wu
Pennsylvania: Dent, Fattah, Gerlach, Holden, Platts, Schwartz
Rhode Island: Cicilline
Tennessee: Cohen
Texas: Gonzalez, Al Green, Hinojosa, Jackson-Lee, EB Johnson, Reyes
Virginia: Connolly, Moran, Wolf
Vermont: Welch
Washington: McDermott, Reichert, Smith
Wisconsin: Baldwin, Moore, Petri
Wyoming: Lummis
Others: Bordallo (Guam), Faleomavega (American Samoa), Sablan (CNMI),
