Bruce Lesley

@BruceLesley

Dad, husband, son, uncle, and child advocate. President of & . Basketball fanatic.

Washington DC / Bethesda, MD
Joined June 2008

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    2 Nov 2018

    Mario Cuomo on why we should love children and why we “need them to be sound and productive because they are the nation’s future.”

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  3. 47 minutes ago

    Priorities for 2019 focus on health of children and physicians - | AAP News

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  4. 1 hour ago

    Leveraging Evidence-Based Public Policy and Advocacy to Advance Newborn Screening in California | Pediatrics

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  5. 2 hours ago

    When People Can't Afford Another Child, We Know Big Families Are Only For The Rich - - Romper This is a great piece that desperately needs our nation’s attention.

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  6. 2 hours ago

    Walmart Heirs Invest Heavily to Promote Charter Schools | -

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  8. 3 hours ago

    Texas: Watch Out for Governor Abbott’s Bait and Switch of Billions from Public Schools | 's blog

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  9. 3 hours ago

    The ‘Big Con’ of Medicaid Block Grants – Medium (3)

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  10. 3 hours ago

    Medicaid Block Grants: A System of Rationing, Inequity, and Harm (2)

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  11. 3 hours ago

    To : Medicaid block grants are a terrible idea, especially for states that have higher than average population growth. Block grants don’t adjust for population change. For example, Georgia’s share of funding per child has dropped rapidly in TANF. (1)

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  12. 3 hours ago

    Well past time for the U.S. Senate to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child!

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  13. 16 hours ago

    Molly Ivins on what politics should be about.

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  14. 23 hours ago

    "We must care about the world of our children and grandchildren, a world we may never see." - Bertrand Russell

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  15. Jan 4

    ., congratulations! I was pleased to work for Sen. Jeff Bingaman for six years and serve the people of New Mexico. If I can ever be of assistance to you on children’s or health care issues, I would be happy to be of assistance.

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  16. Jan 4

    Rather than wasting $5 billion on a border wall that every congressman along the border opposes (see ), let’s spend that money to find a cure for this. —> Racing to understand the polio-like illness paralyzing kids | PBS NewsHour

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  17. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    .: "I'm super proud to be representing New Mexico - a very diverse state."

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  18. Jan 4

    Who’s for Kids and Who’s Just Kidding?

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  19. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    The first two Native-American women to serve in Congress embrace one another. ❤️😭

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  20. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    I really like her inviting the children in the room up to join her. Members of Congress (including Pelosi herself) should legislate with these children's futures in mind: making sure that the country -- and planet -- are even better for them and their children etc.

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  21. Jan 3

    To save Houston’s schools, fight the TEA - Houston Chronicle

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