My very favorite part of being a legislator is visiting with students when they come to the State Capitol.
Last week, my friend, Maddie Goldberg, a 4th grader from Reform Jewish Academy in St. Louis, stopped by with her mother and friends. She was in Jefferson City lobbying on behalf of the Epilepsy Foundation.
Did you know that adults with epilepsy are barred from adopting children, and parents who adopt a child can return that child if the child turns out to have epilepsy?
Maddie was chosen to represent Missouri when she goes to Washington D.C. next month to lobby Congress on an issue she personally knows well. We became friends when I spoke to her class last month in preparation for their upcoming school visit to the Capitol.
I am confident that Maddie will continue her career in advocacy as she has promised me that she wants to run for office – as soon as she gets a little older.