Energy

The United States needs an energy strategy that works for American families - and puts American families to work. Instead of maintaining our dependence on expensive foreign oil and dirty fossil fuels, America needs policies that stand up to powerful interests and build the clean energy economy of the future. Clean, renewable power sources – like wind, solar, geothermal, tidal, and biofuels – should be at the heart of a new energy policy. These renewable sources don’t pollute the environment, can be produced right here at home and will create good paying jobs.

Economy

In these difficult economic times, more and more American families are struggling to make ends meet. America’s leaders must recognize that working families are the engine that drives our economy, not powerful special interests.

To build the foundation for a sustained economic recovery, policymakers must address the underlying problems which caused the economic crisis in the first place. The United States needs to return to an era for fiscal responsibility and make strong investments in our future.

Above all, we need policies that lift up workers and create jobs. To fix our crumbling infrastructure, the U.S. must embark on an unprecedented building campaign to repair or build new roads, bridges, hospitals, schools, and fire stations. Job training programs should be expanded to help displaced workers transition to the careers of the future. Student aid must be increased to ensure that every student can get the college education they need to succeed our global economy.

Health Care

Too many American families struggle with the cost of health care - or go without insurance all together. Comprehensive health care reform that will extend coverage to those who lack it, improve coverage for those who have insurance, and reduce costs for everyone is a good first step.

Health care should work for everyone, not just big special interests.

Seniors

Seniors deserve the comfort and security of knowing they’ll have a guaranteed income. Social Security and Medicare represent an intergenerational trust and a commitment to our senior citizens. The programs are a promise to our seniors that if they work hard and play fair, they can retire with dignity. As policymakers address these issues, they must ensure any reform proposals honor that trust and meets that commitment.

In reforming Social Security, Congress should reject any proposal that puts benefits at risk by privatizing the system. Seniors deserve the security of knowing they’ll have a guaranteed income, not the fear that they might lose everything to fluctuations in the stock market.

Healthcare reform proposals must protect and improve Medicare for all seniors. We need policies that root out fraud and abuse in the program and end wasteful subsidies to large special interests.

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