(February 23, 2011) - First-year veterinary students Tammy Oseid and Julie Peterson, second-year student Diana Schwartz, and third-year student Lindsey Hornickel traveled to Washington, D.C., Feb. 6-8 to learn about the federal political process and grassroots advocacy as part of the Veterinary Student Legislative Fly-in hosted by the American Veterinary Medical Association's Governmental Relations Division. They visited U.S. Senate and U.S. House offices – including the offices of Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn. — to lobby for improvements to the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program and for the new Veterinary Services Investment Act. "This experience taught me a lot about the AVMA's grassroots advocacy," says Julie Peterson, D.V.M. candidate, class of 2014. "I felt like I was helping to improve the profession by lobbying to my elected officials." | 
Julie Peterson (class of 2014), Lindsey Hornickel (class of 2012), Diana Schwartz (class of 2013), and Tammy Oseid (class of 2014) stop for a photo outside the AVMA Governmental Relations Division Office in Washington, D.C.
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