Legislative Action – Your Voice Makes A Difference

The underlined link will take you to the MOAA Legislative TAKE ACTION CENTER webpage.  There you will be able to take read about, and take personal action to assist MOAA in advocating for legislation that affects you, your family, your earned benefits and your military.

Colonel Lee Lange, USMC retired

Colonel Lee Lange is our Committee Chair on Legislative matters and has served in that capacity since January 2014.  He represents our Chapter and the Arizona Council of Chapters in various Federal and State/Local capacities and reports related legislative activities to the Chapter and Council membership on a monthly basis. Those legislative reports can be viewed in The Sentinel section elsewhere in this website.

Lee previously worked on the staff of MOAA National as a lobbyist and later Director of Council and Chapter affairs before retiring in 2013 and moving to Arizona.  Lee is involved in various veteran’s activities in the state of Arizona. He serves as the Treasurer for the Arizona Council of Chapters and is the Council representative to the Legislative Committee of the Unified Arizona Veterans (UAV), a consortium of over 50 veteran’s service organizations in Arizona. The UAV participates in activities that foster the welfare of Arizona veterans, their families and their survivors. In addition, the UAV manages the Arizona Veteran’s Hall of Fame program. Lee is a member of the Scarlet and Gold Committee which annually plans the Arizona Awards Dinner on behalf of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. The Foundation raises funds and provides scholarships for the children of Marines and Navy Corpsmen.  Finally, Lee is Past President of the Southwest Veterans Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber works to support veteran and patriot owned businesses in Arizona and the Southwest.