Media Advisory For: Thursday, December 9, 2021
Contact: Linda Benesch, lbenesc
Seniors & Students to Hold Rally Urging Sen. Manchin to Vote for Build Back Better
Washington, DC – This Thursday, December 9th at 12:30pm ET at 243 High Street, Morgantown, WV, students, seniors, and working people will come together for a multi-generational rally calling on Senator Joe Manchin to immediately vote for the Build Back Better Act, that would lower drug prices and expand Medicare.
The rally will feature a mobile billboard truck highlighting Sen. Manchin’s promise to lower drug prices, which the Build Back Better Act would fulfill. The bill’s drug pricing provisions are extremely popular with voters across the political spectrum.
Who:
- Troy Miller, West Virginia Organizer at Social Security Works
- Shane Assadzandi, Committee Chair for the Monongalia County Democratic Executive Committee
- Kenneth St. Louis, Emeritus professor of speech-language pathology and audiology from West Virginia University, living with hearing loss (read his recent op-ed in support of Build Back Better here)
What: Rally calling on Sen. Joe Manchin to immediately vote for the Build Back Better Act.
Where:
County Courthouse
243 High Street, Morgantown, WV
When: Thursday, December 9th at 12:30pm ET
The event will be livestreamed on the Social Security Works Facebook page.
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