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Thank you for everything you’ve done so far. We’re building a powerful movement together:
The latest poll from the Washington Post has us ahead 38-28.
We just reached 26,000 donations, an historic mark.
The campaign has recruited over 2,500 volunteers and made thousands of calls to voters across the state.
But sometimes in the rush of the campaign, it’s easy to get caught in the back and forth and forget what we’re fighting for. So I wanted to share a story with you that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. It’s from when I first was elected to Congress, and it’s why I’m working so hard to win this election.
When I first came into Congress, because I had never held elected office before, I wondered what I could do to make a difference. Not make a headline, but make a difference.
Maryland is a state where 40% of our kids receive free and reduced breakfast and lunch. I had been visiting a lot of schools all through my district, and I would wonder, well, what happens with these kids if they're hungry for breakfast and lunch? Aren't they hungry for dinner, too?
I wondered about that because I’m a mom. So, I found out about this program called the Afterschool Suppers Program. Long before I arrived in Congress, any member of Congress in Maryland, because of Maryland's numbers, could have added Maryland to the Afterschool Suppers Program. But it wasn’t added until I added it that summer. Tens of thousands of students -- millions of meals served to kids.
Nobody is ever going to put it in a headline anywhere, but I'm going to know that kids are not hungry because of what I did.
This is the type of change I want to make, policy that makes a real difference in real people’s lives -- and, from a perspective that’s missing in Washington.
It’s why I joined the first hearing on the foreclosure crisis with Sen. Elizabeth Warren here in Maryland. It’s why I’m fighting for Pell Grants for inmates to break the cycle of incarceration and enable people to make a better lives for themselves. It's why I’m working with families and health advocates to curb the rise of heroin addiction in our communities. And it's why I've led the fight for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and take back our democracy from the monied special interests.
I’m fighting to make sure all voices are heard, and all of Maryland’s working families are represented in the Senate. I want to thank you again for all you’ve done, and how your support has helped us build this grassroots campaign.
We’re doing something special here, and I’m so glad you’re a part of it,
Donna
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