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Contact your elected federal officials to voice your support for Catholic School issues.
If you prefer, the members of the R.I. Congressional delegation have a web site at www.congress.org where you can send e-mail and get further information. Otherwise, you can contact our R.I. delegation at the following local addresses and phone numbers.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
| Sen. Jack Reed
Suite 200
201 Hillside Road
Cranston, RI 02920
943-3100 | Rep. Patrick Kennedy
286 Main Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860
729-5600 | Rep. James Langevin
Suite 200
300 Centerville Road
Warwick, RI 02886
732-9400 |
Contact your Rhode Island state senators and representatives to voice your support for Catholic School issues.
The Rhode Island General Assembly and its members have a web site at www.rilin.state.ri.us where you can send e-mail to individual legislators, find their biographies, get legislative updates, and keep up with the activities of the State Legislature.
Can you write a letter in 90 seconds?
Legislators know that a single letter represents the opinion of many times more people. When you speak through a letter, no matter how brief, you may be speaking for hundreds of others. An effective letter contains these four essential ingredients:
A) Request something specific
B) Name the action
C) Give a reason
D) Close with a reminder
Example Letter:
Date
Senator’s/Representative’s Name
Address
City, State Zip
Dear Honorable Sen. (or Rep.) ________________,
I write to urge you to support Senate bill S-179 (or House bill H-5426), the "Scholarship Tax Credit Bill", sponsored by Sen. Marc Cote (or Rep. Joanne Giannini). This bill would provide tax credits to individuals and businesses for donations they make to a tuition scholarship organization. These organizations would then distribute those funds as tuition assistance grants for low- and middle-income students.
I also ask for your support for Senate bill S-117 (or House bill H-5351), the "Textbook Loan Program Bill," sponsored by Sen. Bill Walaska (or Rep. Jan Malik). This bill would enable non-public high school students to borrow English & social studies textbooks from their local public school districts -- books our tax dollars already pay for.
The rising cost of tuition makes it very hard for working families to enroll in, or to keep their children in non-public schools. Yet non-public schools are a great gift to the state and local communities, saving hundreds of millions of dollars each year. By passing these bills, we believe the state will be supporting the right of all parents to choose their child’s school and saving the state and local communities the rising cost of educating these students in public schools.
Everyone wins if these bills are passed -- parents, students, businesses, taxpayers, and schools. I ask for your support and thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely Yours,
(signature)
Your Name (typed)
Your Address
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