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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I encourage all schools that participate in the Perkins program to reach out to your Congressman to support Perkins.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">On June 16, 2015,  Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) issued a Dear Colleague Letter to seek the support and signatures of other Members of Congress on her letter to the
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Congresswoman Slaughter’s DCL</a> with your member of Congress and ask that they sign the letter in support of the Perkins Loan. 
<b>The sign on period ends Monday, July 27, 2015. </b> <b>If  you have not reached out to your representative to sign on to this letter, please do so now.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">To locate your representative, please
<b><a href="http://www.coheao.com/resources/letters-to-congress/">click here</a></b> to visit the COHEAO webpage on contacting elected officials.  <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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