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Letter to Elected Officials

  • On Monday, Oct. 18, I wrote my federal elected officials regarding the climate crisis. If U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley or Joni Ernst, or Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks respond, I will copy the response below the text. Dear Senator/Representative, I hope you will support Democratic proposals to address the climate crisis. As you well know, global warming… Read more

  • Letter to Dave Loebsack

    Dear Congressman Loebsack, I took your poll regarding what the United States should do about the violation of international law and crime against humanity that was the chemical weapons attack in Syria. The choice of answers in the poll seemed to lead us to war, and nowhere else. The choice between an air strike or… Read more

  • Letter to Dave Loebsack

    Open Letter to Congressman Dave Loebsack of Iowa’s Second District Put a Price on Carbon When I helped elect you to be our congressman, I didn’t know what that would mean. What I did know was that I wouldn’t agree with every vote you took. I haven’t. Over the longer term of the last six… Read more