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Thursday, September 22, 2011

All Education Matters: Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Responds To An Indentured Educated Constituent

All Education Matters: Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Responds To An Indentured Educated Constituent:

Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Responds To An Indentured Educated Constituent

AEM sent a letter to the President on August 10, 2011. I am presently drafting another letter that will praise the president for his work on the American Jobs Act. I urged many of you to send this letter to the President and also to your Senators and Representatives. So many of you got involved and did just that - without your engagement, AEM's activities would be meaningless. I want to thank each and every one of you for taking the initiative to reach out to your leaders. As for the letters . . . Some of you were totally ignored. Others received generic form letters. But in a few rare cases, you received letters of substance, letters that indicated that your leader had taken the time to actually read the content and reply appropriately.
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) did just that, and he deserves to be credited publicly. While I applaud him for his attention to Pell Grants and increasing aid for prospective and current students, I hope that he will turn his