Former State Senator, Becky Lourey was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1990 and, after being re-elected to two additional terms, she ran successfully for the Minnesota Senate in 1996 where she served two terms. While in the Senate, she served as Chair of the Senate Health and Family Security Committee and is recognized as a health care expert and environmental & peace activist. Becky also brings expertise as a successful small business owner, writer, farmer, and mother of twelve children. “It is NOW because we can't wait any longer. Our earth's climate is warming, we have reached peak oil and are going to war because of it, and people all over our beautiful green and blue globe are suffering--disease, famine, xenophobia--it is time for us to come together." Becky Lourey, PEACE AND PRESERVATION Speech, presented at Women's Vision Forum - Duluth, MN - February 10, 2007
