Subject: Re: Senate Introduces Bill to Save Lives of Millions of Mothers and Kids
From: "Shriver, Mark" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 02:29:15 +0000

It was so nice to hear from you - -  i missing seeing Kathleen and you on the sidelines!

 If you ever have time for a cup of coffee or a bite to eat, please let me know. It would be great to reconnect.

Please know that all of the Bidens continue to be in our thoughts and prayers.

Your friend, Mark

Mark K. Shriver
President
Save the Children Action Network

On Jul 31, 2015, at 12:25 AM, Hunter <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

I have had a great summer Mark- thanks for the email. Warmly, Hunter

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On Jul 30, 2015, at 4:06 PM, Mark Shriver <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Dear Hunter,

I hope you have had a great summer. I have made good progress with my book on Pope Francis and had some downtime with Jeanne and the kids - in fact, we just returned from Los Angeles, where the 2015 Special Olympics World Games are being held. What an inspirational and fun few days of sports and unity - truly humanity at its best! I know my mom and dad are smiling down from heaven.
I am smiling, too, because just this afternoon, Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Chris Coons (D-Delaware) introduced the Reach Every Mother and Child Act<https://t.e2ma.net/click/dyn2e/h9ytd/xxsdlc>! This legislation would save the lives of 15 million children and 600,000 women all over the world. In the House, Representative Dave Reichert (R-Washington), Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) and Barbara Lee (D-California) will likely introduce a similar version of the bill in September.
Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) led the charge, with a coalition of more than 20 diverse organizations, and we are thrilled to have bipartisan support. As you know, we do not see much bipartisanship in D.C. these days, but we all can agree that no child should die before his or her fifth birthday and no mother should die in child birth. Of course, we still have an uphill battle ahead of us, but rest assured that we will work with our coalition partners to keep the pressure on Congress. You can help by contacting your senators and asking them to support the Reach Act<https://t.e2ma.net/click/dyn2e/h9ytd/dqtdlc>.
We also can agree about the need to invest in early childhood education - research overwhelmingly supports that ensuring access to high-quality early education benefits children, families and society in general. The vast majority of politicians say that we should be doing more but disagree about how to pay for it.
To clear that hurdle, SCAN developed a white paper that provides innovative financing mechanisms. The white paper was released last week and veteran political reporter Eleanor Clift wrote an article that ran in The Daily Beast<https://t.e2ma.net/click/dyn2e/h9ytd/tiudlc> over the weekend on one of those mechanisms, social impact bonds, which are already receiving bipartisan support at the federal and state levels.
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any thoughts, questions or suggestions. And please join me on Facebook<https://t.e2ma.net/click/dyn2e/h9ytd/9avdlc> and Twitter<https://t.e2ma.net/click/dyn2e/h9ytd/p3vdlc>.
Many thanks, as always, for your support.
Warmly,
Mark
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