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Blog: ‘Hill visits’ scheduled for D.C.
Photos and story by Dana Haynes
Top officials from Oregon’s 17 independent community colleges will be flying to Washington, D.C., next week to lobby our congressional delegation.
PCC is sending a contingent including President Preston Pulliams.
Plans call for meetings with U.S. Reps Kurt Schrader, Earl Blumenauer and Greg Walden, plus Sen. Ron Wyden on Tuesday. The next day, the community college folks will meet with Reps. Peter DeFazio and David Wu, then Sen. Jeff Merkley.
A lot of folks go to Capitol Hill with tales of woe. One of the nice things about the community colleges is, we get to go and talk about all the good things that are happening, and how we’re part of the solution for getting Oregon through this long, slow recovery.
I’ll be posting from D.C. early next week to let you know how it goes.
About Dana Haynes
Dana Haynes, joined PCC in 2007 as the manager of the Office of Public Affairs, directing the college's media and government relations. Haynes spent the previous 20 years as a reporter, columnist and editor for Oregon newspapers, including ... more »