Opinion: Jirair Ratevosian: Why I’m running for Congress
Most recently, I served as the most senior Armenian American at the State Department, focused on working with our global partners to keep our country safe from infectious diseases and to advance international human rights. Never did I think I would need to fight so hard for our values here in the United States — for women to have access to birth control, for people to be treated with respect when they marry.
Yet with all its dysfunction, I’m not cynical about Washington. I’ve seen great things happen in the halls of Congress and I’ve worked hard to drive bipartisan results to lower drug prices, to fund HIV/AIDS treatment and to curtail war. As Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s legislative director, I wrote bills and advanced policies to extend unemployment insurance, mitigate climate change, advance reproductive rights and bring federal resources to California.
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