Personalize your testimony. 

I tell my students that – my staff as well.

It’s far better to make your argument by talking about a real human being, instead of some abstract principle.

Delegate Pete Hammen, chair of the Healh and Government Operations Committee, is a guest lecturer at my class, not a student.

When he defended the Administration’s health insurance bill on the floor Tuesday, he was most effective when he talked about a 62-year old constitunt who had gotten insurance because of the Affordable Care Act.

No doubt many of those listening thought of constituents, friends, and family who would benefit from having health coverage and with it, the ability to obtain preventive care.