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Immigration: 
  • Join us at the rally in Reading this Saturday March 18! 
  • We're also continuing to call legislators to speak out about the importance of immigration. Numbers and scripts:
    • Call Representative Stephen Bloom - 717-249-1990 (Talking Point: Vote NO on SB 10 and other anti-immigrant bills. Immigrants boost, and grow economy not drain it. Immigrant communities have lower crime rates than other cities. See Immigrant Messaging Points… attachment above for more talking points.)
    • ​Call Senator Mike Regan – 717-787-8524 (Talking Point: Vote NO  on all anti-immigrant bills. Immigrants boost, and grow economy not drain it. Immigrants are far less likely to commit crimes than native-born people in our nation. See attachment above for more talking points.)
    • Call House Republicans who voted for HBI 185, an anti-immigrant bill similar to SB 10, with a growing immigrant communities.(Talking Point: Vote NO on all anti-immigrant bills or face the consequences during election time. Immigrants boost, and grow economy not drain it. Immigrants are far less likely to commit crimes than native-born people in our nation. See Immigrant Messaging Points… attachment above for more letter writing ideas.)
      • ​Gene Digirolamo - 215-750-1017
      • Harold English – 412-487-6605
      • Kate Harper - 610–277-3230
      • Thomas Murt - 215-674-3755
      • Alexander Charlton – 610-544-9878
      • Guy Reschenthaler, who sponsored the bill, is not included on the list. He doesn’t have a growing immigrant community and will not budge on the bill.
    • ​Call House Democrats who voted for HB1885, a bill similar to SB 10. (SB 10 and other anti-immigrant bills are inhumane, and unconstitutional. Will you focus instead on access to healthcare, fair wages, and education, that are important to the community? See attachment above for more talking points.)
      • ​Hon. Ryan Bizzaro, 717-772-2297
      • Dom Costa, 412-361-2040
      • Mark Logietti - 724-981-4655
      • Chris Sainato - 724-656-1112
      • Joseph Markosek - 412-856-8284
      • Harry Readshaw  - 412-881-4208
      • William Kortz - 412-466-1940
      • Brandon Newman – 724-743-7602
      • Pam Snyder - 724-966-8953
      • Joseph Petrarca – 724-567-6982
      • Bryan Barbin – 814-536-9818
      • Frank Burns - 814-536-8400
      • Michael Hanna - 570-748-5480
      • Gerald Mullery – 570-740-7031
      • Neal Goodman  - 570-773-3075
      • John Galloway – 215-943-7206
      • Michael Driscoll - 215-281-3414
      • Ed Neilson  - 215-772-4032 ​
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Executive Team:
#CallToAction: DEMAND INVESTIGATION OF RUSSIA'S INTERFERENCE IN THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!  Call or email YOUR US HOUSE REP for 2 things.
The asks of our reps:
  1. Publicly support the current HOUSE INTELLIGENCE Committee investigation and coordinate this investigation with the SENATE INTELLIGENCE Committee investigation. Ask that the Department of Justice turn over all relevant material on Donald Trumps conflicts and his campaign's connection to Russian intervention in our election.
  2. Publicly support creation of an independent investigation by a SPECIAL COMMISSION (like after 9-11), to ensure fair results.
BACKGROUND: Both Intelligence Committees - HOUSE and SENATE - are chaired by Republicans who can control both the scope of the investigation and the reporting of results. On the other hand, A SPECIAL COMMISSION is people outside of Congress, such as former judges and law enforcement and military officials. Such a commission could subpoena documents and witnesses and hold hearings to examine Russian interference in the election.
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