Donna Edwards (D-MD) at the Bike Summit

Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) was among the high-powered speakers at the opening plenary on Wednesday

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Rep. Donna Edwards, a Democrat from Maryland, told the story of how she came to consider herself a cyclist. She explained that it began by being first a student who needed a bike to get to school, then a working mother without a car who needed to get her child to daycare on the way to her job. Given her background coordinating advocacy days for nonprofits, she stressed that personal stories would help carry the message to members of Congress.