Last update June 18, 2017
We will impose a net hiring freeze on non-security federal employees and ensure that the public sector no longer grows at the expense of the private sector.1
A Pledge to America
The promise sounds good, but even if the GOP has the opportunity to fulfill their pledge to freeze federal hiring, it will freeze too little and come much too late.
Last update September 1, 2015
So, America may be speaking out, but Republicans in Congress sure aren’t listening. They want to put special interests back in the driver’s seat in Washington.
President Barack Obama [1]
The decisive influence of special interests has made a mockery of our representative government.
Last update September 1, 2015
Now, let me tell you, another thing we’ve done is to make long-overdue investments in upgrading our outdated, our inefficient national infrastructure. We’re talking roads. We’re talking bridges. We’re talking dams, levees. But we’re also talking a smart electric grid that can bring clean energy to new areas.
Last update March 4, 2018
The strength of our economy can be measured by the strength of our middle class.
President Barack Obama [1]
Washington adores the middle class, and politicians seeking reelection are making a special effort to convey the middle class’s bedrock importance. The president began fighting for the middle class even before he assumed office:
As president, Obama will fight to modernize government policies to secure and expand the middle class.
Last update November 25, 2017
And just as we condemn intolerance and extremism abroad, so will we stay true to our traditions here at home as a diverse and tolerant nation.
President Barack Obama, September 11, 2010 [1]
We have been subjected to a hell broth of sanctimony occasioned by an opportunistic New York imam and a publicity-grabbing Florida preacher who lost a gamble and found himself waiting for an audience on his target’s home turf.
Last update November 25, 2017
For 6 in 10 seniors, Social Security provides the majority of their income. Yet, the benefits are modest. The average Social Security benefit for a retiree is just $14,000 a year.
Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Early Pomeroy, July 15, 2010 [1]
You should have the peace of mind of knowing that after meeting your responsibilities and paying into the system all your lives, you’ll get the benefits you deserve.
Last update December 4, 2017
North Korea began developing nuclear weapons as an NPT party before announcing its withdrawal from the treaty. And Iran is flouting the rules, seeking to develop a nuclear weapons capability under the guise of a peaceful enrichment program.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton [1]
Well, what I’ve said consistently is, is that it is unacceptable for Iran to possess a nuclear weapon, that we’re going to do everything we can to prevent that from happening.
