[Nfbmt] Washington Seminar

[Sheila Leigland]

great post and I agree completely. It was great.
On 2/6/2015 12:04 PM, Bruce&Joy Breslauer via Nfbmt wrote:
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> Someone asked me how the Washington Seminar went, and it occurs to me (Yes,
> I'm sometimes slow on the uptake), that some of the rest of you might want
> to know how it went, too.  Here's what I said to the person who originally
> asked.
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> The Washington Seminar was very successful in my opinion.  We had
> appointments with all three legislators.  Ryan Zinke even gave us five
> minutes. He was busy running from one place to another.  We talked with his
> staff quite awhile.  He did say that he was shocked that anybody in this day
> and age was being paid subminimum wages; he didn't know that and was going
> to look into it.  Jon Tester wasn't available so we met with his staff and
> they said of course they couldn't speak for him but he would look at our
> stuff and we could get back to him in a couple of weeks.  Senator Daines was
> terrific.  We saw him at the end of a long day and he came in after we had
> talked with his aide for maybe half an hour already.  He was in between
> appointments and they even came in and told him he was going to be late for
> his next appointment, and he still gave us an extra twenty minutes.  About
> the subminimum wage thing, which he had cosponsored when he was in the
> House, he said, "Well, what's good for the House is good for the Senate,
> isn't it?"  So I took that as a go.  He may even be a sponsor. He didn't say
> that, but I think he gets it.  He understood the Teach act stuff because we
> had basically gone over that last year too, and he was interested in the
> Marrakesh Treaty.  I think we made a good impression and will have some good
> results.  I was so jazzed after that appointment!  Then we walked back in
> the cold to Union Station to catch a cab back to the hotel and celebrate.
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> We should probably consider doing something like this on a state level, too.
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> Joy Breslauer, President
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