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Three Things You Learned About Legislative Advocacy Essay

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1. What do you remember the most about this experience? a. Attending a committee meeting and watching the process unfold right in front of my eyes. The Bill I chose to attend was Bill 5 AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program. It was interesting to see Senates asking tough questions to the pharmaceutical company speaker, whom only responses were, "I don't have the knowledge of that question". Also, the lawyer of Medicaid cabinet, who claimed they have a transparency system, yet, they continue to avoid answering the most important question of the bill, where did most the money go? And why haven't anyone from the cabinet attempted to resolve the issue before the hearing. It was an intense experience, more so than watched it on TV. 2. …show more content…

Describe three things you learned about legislative advocacy. a. Part of the lobbyist, advocate's job is to go knock on a Senate's office, and demanding they need to leave their office and attend the committee hearing, because it's important they vote (this happened during Bill 5 hearing). b. I disagreed with the person we spoke to instead of Senate Kerr, I believe both protesting and rally are efficient in having our voice heard, loud and clear. c. Politicians are great with their words, they'll have you agreeing with them, when you should be disagreeing. 4. Describe something you learned about yourself as a developing professional a. Asking the right questions or to be quick to come up with a counter question to ask. The person who we spoke to about our bill, told us Bill 38 has a "reason" why it hasn't move forward. He said, the definition of reasonable accommodations was not clearly defined. At the time I was not quick to counter his explanation, later on, I thought, I should've ask, if other 22 states and the District of Columbia and 4 cities were capable to adapted into their version of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, why hasn't Kentucky able to redefine and pass this bill to protection pregnant

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