I agree with letter writer Ron Pulliam: “It is time to work together” and “There is some hope” (“It’s time to work together,” Dec. 9).
The hope is us. We need to speak to our representatives and senators. Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler recently told my friends who visited her in D.C. that she wants to know what is important to her constituents. Which is probably the reason she recently signed a letter to the secretary of state, along with every other member of the Washington state congressional delegation, requesting a continuation of America’s pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria.
This letter was part of the reason the pledge was made and 8 million lives will be saved and 300 million new infections will be averted over the next three years. Of course, that pledge will need to be funded each of those years by a vote in Congress. So, we are the hope, and using our voices together is how life-saving legislation like this will pass. This is how we can make a difference in these uncertain times.
