 Hi there, This Mother’s Day, I’d like to take a moment to tell you about my wife and my best friend, Brittany Pettersen (who also happens to be my Congresswoman). It’s not easy being a full-time member of the United States House of Representatives with a packed schedule while also being an incredible, dedicated mom to our three-year-old son, Davis. But somehow, Brittany does it all, week after week. Of course, we’re talking about the same person who won one tough campaign after another to fight for our values despite Republicans hitting her with every vicious attack they could think up (and plenty they just made up). She’s the person I met almost 14 years ago while she was flagging down strangers in the freezing cold to raise money for a nonprofit she believed in. (I called my mom right after and told her I’d met the girl I was going to marry. I was right, I like being right.) She’s the person who put herself through school doing everything from working a cash register to cleaning houses, and overcame one obstacle after another to get where she is today. And yet, every day, she still manages to astonish me as she fearlessly fights for what she believes in and delivers real progress for the community she loves. From fighting for the right to choose to standing up for our democracy to working to tackle our nation’s opioid epidemic — Brittany does so much for all of us, and I was hoping that, as one of Brittany’s grassroots supporters, you could join me in showing her that we see and appreciate all her work.
Thank you for helping out here, Team. I wish you and your family a happy Mother’s Day! Sincerely, Ian Silverii
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