Last Thursday, June 25th, 10,000 people came to Congress to demand quality, affordable health care in 2009. We made an impact. America listened.1
We rallied for health care right outside of the Capitol building - with actress Edie Falco and Dr. Howard Dean firing up the crowd. Senators Brown and Schumer and Representative Schwartz and many more told us how hard they were working in Congress for real health reform.2 And we heard from people all around the country who need health reform.
After the rally, those 10,000 people took to the halls of Congress. At dozens of town halls, Members of Congress heard from their constituents about health reform. And at hundreds of small meetings throughout the Capitol building, people from around the country met with their representatives one-on-one to make sure we get real reform this year.
Because of these efforts, we had Members of Congress signing our statement of principles and even one Senator, Senator Specter from Pennsylvania, supporting a strong public health insurance option for the first time!3
On Thursday, 10,000 people came to Washington, DC to make sure Congress knew what America wanted - quality, affordable health care for all in 2009. And Congress listened.
Thank you for being involved in this campaign, whether you came to DC with us in person or have been making your voice heard with us online. Remember to text HEALTH to 94553 from your cell phone to stay involved!
Congress is indeed listening, so let's keep it up and get the job done.
