LymeNet Flash: Betty G, Betty G... A big old fashioned YIPPEE!

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Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :

I am sure you don't want this announced to the world...

But I'm doing it anyway.

HA!

[lol]

After the last LDA briefing earlier this month... it was announced that 2 more Congressional members were now signed on to the Lyme disease bill.

I learned today that this one Congress person from the state of Iowa was one of the two new signees.

I told the caller that I knew WHY that specific Congressional person signed on and who made it happen. I told them we had a political bull dog working on Iowa reps... and that she was relentless in her mission.

Know who I was talking about?

YOU!!! BettyG BettyG.

Good going!!!!

I jotted the name of the Congressman on a napkin this morning during the call... along with other notes... sorry I was eating my morning grits at the time.. but I believe the name is Boswell.

The list will be updated soon I think.. but wanted you to get the good news ASAP!

Sooooooooooooooooo....

Thank you for your tireless efforts on behalf of us all!

You did it!!!

Now we have TWO in IOWA!!!!!

[Big Grin]

Posted by Geneal (Member # 10375) on :

[woohoo]

Yay BettyG!

Hugs,

Geneal

Posted by lymielauren28 (Member # 13742) on :

Way to go Betty! [Wink]

Posted by Allie (Member # 10778) on :

BettyG is amazing!

[kiss]

Posted by tdtid (Member # 10276) on :

Betty is definitely persistant.

It's good to know that persistance DOES pay off.

I know that even when we were writing all these letters to politicians and getting their canned responses that left me wondering if they even READ anything, it's good to know that the system can be penetrated.

Thanks for the good news Tincup and thank you Betty for sticking with it. [woohoo]

Cathy

Posted by AliG (Member # 9734) on :

Three cheers for BettyG!!!
[woohoo]

and NOW she has set her sites on OBAMA!!!!! [Big Grin]

YOU GO GIRL!!!! [kiss]

Posted by feelfit (Member # 12770) on :

Yay Betty, Yay Betty,Whistle, hip-hip-hooray,

Way to go Girl!

[woohoo]

Feelfit

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

tincup, geneal, lauren, cathy, allie, ali, & feelfit,

THANK YOU one and all!! what a nice surprise that rep. leonard boswell signed on AGAIN!!

fyi, he was on last time around and WAS a co-sponsor then, but i was dumbfounded that he was NOT this time around!! glad he got on aboard.

he was ONCE my district house rep, but they changed the lines, and so rep tom latham is mine now for 3-4 years.

i have been emailing boswell and the 3 others; 1 will NOT take mail from NON-constituents!! uffda.

so bowell's LYME patients in his area may have emailed/written him too! if you did, please speak up and TAKE CREDIT for your phone calls, emails, and letters too!!

ali,

i wasn't able to leave my written note for obama with our county HQ today; they suggested i call main office in chicago and find out a specific person's email to send this too so they WILL GET IT instead of it being forwarded FOREVER!!

i'll work on that tomorrow.

yes, i have to admit...i'm a BULL DOG !! i had a co-worker like that too, and i was his secretary. look out world ... 2 of us on the lose! [lol]

tincup, you answered the question in my mind; i was going to check to see who the 2 new people were who signed on as co-sponsors of our lyme bill!! YEH FOR IOWA .... BOSWELL WE LOVE YOU! [group hug]

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

COOL!! Our role model!! [hi]

Posted by sparkle7 (Member # 10397) on :

Good for you Betty!

Wasn't that congressman who took the immune milk from Iowa?

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

sparkle,

yes, it was IOWA'S BERKLEY BERDELL who got lyme in congress and had to quit.

yes, he took milk colostrum for treatment!

thank you tutu and sparkle! [group hug]

Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :

Congrats, BettyG! I think you must be calling reps on the hour every hour... [Big Grin]

Posted by hiker53 (Member # 6046) on :

THANK YOU, BETTY!! [Cool]

Hiker53

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

robin,

i called congress' 4 phone nos. for 2 months straight and left a daily message on KENNEDY'S OPINION LINE.

later, i asked his aid who answers the phone what they do with phone calls i leave, etc.

many are typed up and go to the people in charge of SPECIFIC SUBJECT CONTENT.

i got a kick out of him; when he heard my voice, he knew it without my giving my name/address!!! "i know your voice well since i listen to it daily"!! [group hug]

robin and hiker, thank you. [Smile]

Posted by aiden424 (Member # 7633) on :

Wow, good work Betty, and anyone else who helped in Iowa!!!

Kathy

Posted by Boomerang (Member # 7979) on :

Way to go Betty!!

Posted by 2roads (Member # 4409) on :

Time and time again I see how you help across this board.

This is another one of those times- [kiss]

Thanks for this and so much more [group hug]

2roads

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

thank you kathy, boomerang, and 2roads ...

we all try to do what we can do! [group hug]