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Dear Douglas,
It’s time to get to work asking the new 2019 Congress to divest from war. The election is over — in most places — and we will have new leaders in the House.How will those leaders vote if they’ve taken heaps of money from the war machine? Rather than wait for them to vote for the killing industry, we have a better idea: We are joining with Win Beyond War to demand soon-to-be House leaders give back the money they have taken from the weapons industry .
Nancy Pelosi is gunning for Speaker of the House. Between 2017 and 2018, she took over $80 thousand from weapons manufacturers. Adam Smith, slated to be the chair of the House Armed Services Committee, took a whopping $228,750. Rep Clyburn, likely the next majority whip, took $69,500, Nita Lowy took $68,000 and Steny Hoyer took $163,856. Even Barbara Lee took money from the merchants of death. We are asking all of them now — so that we can trust them — to GIVE THE MONEY BACK!
Elected officials should be working for the people, not the military industrial complex. If our leaders are in the pocket of the weapons industry, they will have serious conflicts of interest. But if they give back the money they’ve already taken, they can work in the interest of the people. Elected officials should NEVER be making a killing off killing.
I’m excited to introduce myself to you. My name is Maya Rommwatt and I just joined the CODEPINK team this week as the new national organizer of Divest from the War Machine. I can’t wait to hear more about the divestment projects and ideas you have. Let me know if you’re interested in working on a campaign to divest your city or institution, or if you want help divesting your own investments from killing. Drop me a line at divest@codepink.org and learn more by checking out the Divest from the War Machine website .
 Towards a peaceful future, Maya and the entire CODEPINK team  |
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