5/08/2017
President
George W. Bush
c/o
Office of George W. Bush
P.O.
Box 259000
Dallas,
TX 75225-9000
Dear
President Bush Jr.,
My name is Matthew Winick from Ann Arbor,
Michigan with a strong interest in learning history including public
policy. In these subjects, I like to
learn the need to make Civil Rights stronger, protect the environment from
pollution, and many others. President Bush, the main reason I’m writing you a
letter is to explain how I find some of your achievements as 43rd
President of United States to be very inspiring to me and share with you on how
your father George H.W. Bush made a great impact on me.
When you were 43rd President of the United
States, I liked on how you worked hard to protect the ADA of 1990 which is to
help protect people with disabilities from being discriminated in education
including public places from being weakened by Congress in both political
parties. On Civil Rights, I liked on how you continue to advocate for people
with disabilities’ rights, work together with Asian American communities to
find ways to help Asian Americans including Asian Americans with disabilities
get the help they need, and work to help minorities including women get into
job-training programs. Another thing is I liked on how you tried to push for
law to help people with autism get health insurance even though Congress
including your own political party weren’t willing to support this idea,
expanded funds for research to combat against AIDS, and signed the Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination Act to protect Americans against discrimination
based on their genetic information when it comes to health insurance. On other
legislations I liked on how you had the courage to sign the Bipartisan Campaign
Finance Reform Act to reduce dark money from special interest groups or
corporations in campaigns including elections and sign the Sarbanes-Oxely Act to
make U.S. public companies including public firms disclosure their financial
statements to reduce abuse on taxpayer’s money or reduce fraud. Signing the Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2002 to
allow the federal government including the EPA to clean up pollution or other
contaminated things in the Great Lakes in Michigan, putting Small Business
Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act in to law to clean up
abandon industrial sites including
brownfields to improve public health while create jobs including protect the
environment is common sense to protect the environment. Also I was very proud on how you really
expressed the need for immigration reform like support the idea of the Dream
Act to allow children born under illegal immigrants have a pathway to
citizenships, support protection of refugees that are escaping from oppressive
countries, and have the guest worker program including student visa programs to
encourage immigrants to work for our country or attend school.
President Bush Jr., I have autism with a
learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble
comprehending on learning different subjects, sometimes I struggle to
communicate my thoughts, and get teased. Your commitment to be a supporter of Civil
Rights and your continuous advocacy for people with disabilities’ rights
including protecting the ADA of 1990 really inspires me to work hard on my
disability. Your father President George
H.W. Bush’s support for the ADA of 1990 helped benefit me to get an education
and to be protected from being discriminated based on a disability. In education the ADA of 1990 helped provided
accommodations like extra time on exams, have a tutor or T.A. help me learn
different subjects, have a recorder or other educational software to help
improve on comprehension including improve on note-taking, have special
education help provide me with accommodations that I needed. This legislation helped me get an education
from elementary school through my community college (Washtenaw Community
College) in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I’m
grateful for George H.W. Bush’s support for the ADA of 1990 and you for
defending it along with advocating for people with disabilities. I
enjoyed reading Portraits of Courage about your oil paintings where it covers
American citizens who make a great difference in our country. Also I wanted say
that President Jimmy Carter, President George H.W. Bush, President Bill
Clinton, you, and President Barack Obama are my greatest influential heroes to
me because I liked on how all of you despite your own political party were
strong supporters of Civil Rights including people with disabilities’ rights,
protecting the environment, support immigration reform, and many others.
Even though there were some decisions that were
hard to make, I ‘m very proud on how you made some significant achievements
like provide funds to clean The Great Lakes, support Civil Rights including people
with disabilities’ rights, express the need for immigration reform, and many
others. President Bush Jr. you have made
a great impact on me to continue to learn history, work hard on autism, and expand
protection of people with disabilities’ rights that helps benefit me to be protected
from being discriminated. Also I
appreciate your wife Laura Bush on her commitment to help improve education,
expand on Civil Rights, and many others. Here is my story of my life with a
disability called The Kid With No Words where I dedicate many influentials including you. Also I want to send my
thoughts and prayers for your father George H.W. Bush to remain strong. I hope my letter and my story can give you
comfort on how you and your father made a great difference along with the other
Presidents like Carter, Clinton, and Obama. Thanks for taking the time to read
my letter including my story, making
some great achievements, and inspiring me.
Here is a picture of me and please feel free to share this with your
father and Ms. Laura Bush and I hope that it can give you motivation to paint a
picture of me. Please continue to
advocate for common sense ideas when your own political party gets too extreme.
Sincerely,
Matthew
B. Winick
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