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RAW: DC: HI REP KAHELE CALLS YOUNG FAN (CUTE)

By Matt Knoedler

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    WASHINGTON (KITV) — Itā€™s not every day members of Congress receive positive feedback from their constituents. But U.S. Rep. Kai Kahele (D-Hawaii) is getting just that, and from an unlikely place.

He received a letter from 9-year-old Noah Andrade, who attends Noelani Elementary School in Honolulu.

Kahele posted a tweet of their FaceTime call over the weekend and it has received several hundred likes and re-tweets since then. Noah thanked the Congressman for passing the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package passed in March. In the letter, Noah also drew a picture of the U.S. Capitol.

The letter is part of Noahā€™s school writing project.

ā€œTo get letters like this really makes you realize why youā€™re here and the impact we make in the lives of people all over America,ā€ Kahele told KITV. ā€œAnd, for me personally, how decisions I make affect lives back in Hawaiiā€™s 2nd Congressional District.ā€

Kahele has now framed the letter and says he will hang it up in his Washington, D.C. office.

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