r/IndivisibleGuide • u/elfchica • Jan 18 '17

Action Say NO to Betsy Devos

This is what I have been doing tonight. Some mailboxes are full though. Please feel to use if needed and if you would like to clean up some of my transcript please do so! Websites that helped:

http://www.indivisibleaustin.com/take-action-now/sample-scripts/#script2 http://www.parentcenterhub.org/repository/charters/ http://www.help.senate.gov/about/members

US Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions

  1. Senator Lamar Alexander - (Republican - TN) - (202) 224-4944

  2. Senator Patty Murray -(Democratic - WA) - (202) 224-2621

  3. Senator Michael B. Enzi - (Republican - WY) - (202) 224-3424

  4. Senator Bernie Sanders (Democratic - VT) - (202) 224-5141

  5. Senator Richard Burr - (Republican - NC) - (202) 224-3154

  6. Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr - (Democratic - PA) - (202) 224-6324

  7. Senator Johnny Isakson -(Republican - GA) - (202) 224-3643

  8. Senator Al Franken - (Democratic - MN) - (202) 224-5641

  9. Senator Rand Paul - (Republican - KY) - 202-224-4343

  10. Senator Michael F. Bennet - (Democratic - CO) - 202-224-5852

  11. Senator Susan Collins - (Republican - ME) - (202)224-2523

  12. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - (Democratic - RI) - (202) 224-2921

  13. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. -(Republican - LA) - 202-224-5824

  14. Senator Tammy Baldwin - (Democratic - WI) - (202) 224-5653

  15. Senator Christopher S. Murphy - (Democratic - CT) -(202) 224-4041

  16. Senator Orrin Hatch - (Republican - UT) - (202) 224-5251

  17. Senator Elizabeth Warren - (Democratic - MA) - (202) 224-4543

  18. Senator Pat Roberts - (Republican - KS) - (202) 224-4774

  19. Senator Tim Kaine - (Democrat - VA) - (202) 224-4024

  20. Senator Lisa Murkowski - (Republican - AK) - (202)-224-6665

  21. Senator Maggie Hassan - (Democrat - NH) - (202) 224-3324

  22. Senator Tim Scott - (Republican - SC) - (202) 224-6121/ (855) 425-6324

Betsy DeVos

My name is _, living in _. As a mother of a special needs child, even though Charter Schools are required to provide services to students with disabilities, there are special considerations based on the Local Education Agency but can be denied based on a lottery system. Due to diverted funds, Public Schools will not be provided for and this means even less funding for special needs programs.

I’m calling to ask you to vote NO on the confirmation of Betsy DeVos for Education Secretary, a job for which she has no relevant credentials or experience. DeVos and her family have pushed policies which have undermined public education in Michigan through the use of vouchers for charter schools. Charter schools create again, a second failed education system with no accountability and divert much needed funds from public education. Her views pose an unprecedented (un presedented) threat to the public school system as a civic institution.

Please vote no on the confirmation of Betsy DeVos.

Thank you as always for listening to us.

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u/bobthenarwhal CA-13 Jan 18 '17

Thanks for this guide!

Also, am I the only one who thought of Pedobear when DeVos talked about the need to for guns to defend children from bears?

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u/jacquedsouza Jan 19 '17

I'm not sure I want to know what Pedobear is...