Meeting with Senators Harkin and Grassley
Last Thursday ONE members met with representatives from the Des Moines offices of Senators Tom Harkin and Charles Grassley to discuss the importance of combating extreme poverty across the globe. The representatives were encouraged to support President Obama’s 1.4 billion dollar request for global agricultural efforts. We also discussed the decline of developmental assistance in agriculture in the last 25 years and how last year’s global food crisis pushed over 40 million people into hunger.
ONE members also told them about the Water for the World Act, which seemed to win praise from everyone at the meeting. At the meeting’s conclusion, the state office reps agreed to jump in for a photo with the ONE members and were open to more meetings in the future!
-Nicholas Webb, IA ONE member
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June 30, 2009 at 8:02 am
It is good to see the ONE campaign lobbying American politicians to take action on poverty.
Today at 2pm (GMT) on the Guardian newspaper’s Katine Project website, the UK’s International Development Minister will be answering questions online from the public on debt, aid and trade.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/katineblog/2009/jun/24/gareth-thomas-online-chat