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"We
the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union,
establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common
defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of
liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America."
Preamble to US Constitution |
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1980s Washington politicians have urged voters to turn their backs on
their neighbors. Glenn firmly believes that this radical
ideology has undermined the foundation of our American democracy. In
the Preamble, Americans made a promise to each other. It
clearly states that "We the people" will work to create a "more perfect
Union." Americans must renew that promise. |
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has the responsibility to "promote the general welfare" which rest on
the solid foundation of the American worker. Not only are well-paying
and secure jobs the right of every American, but essential for national
security. Texas families need to know Congress is working to
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Congress
must reverse the decline in real wages and benefits for working
families. Something is radically wrong with our economy when worker
productivity, CEO compensation, stock prices and corporate profits go
up while salaries of average workers go down.
Congress
also must:
- Reward
job creation at home instead of giving tax breaks to international
corporations for shipping jobs overseas.
- Expand
grants for vo-technical and higher education instead of cutting job
training and educational assistance for average Americans.
- Insure
commercial treaties put American workers first instead of making
sweetheart deals with foreign governments and putting American workers
at-risk.
- Demand
real punishments for employeers who use illegal immigrants to drive
down wages and benefits
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America
has the best healthcare technology and personnel that money can buy.
Unfortunately, too many Americans are priced out of the market and the
number of uninsured Americans keeps growing every year. Congress must
build on the strengths of the current system while closing the gaps
which average Americans fall through.
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- Provide
affordable group insurance for small businesses and individuals modeled
on the federal employee's health insurance
- Reward
preventive healthcare to lower long term cost.
- Expand
the use of information technology to increase efficiency.
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| America's
future depends on clean, affordable energy. In the 1970s
America faced a similar challenge to today's energy crisis.
Congress led the way to reducing the country's reliance on foreign oil
by requiring new technologies that reduced home and automobile energy
use. Instead of the disaster the doom-sayers predicted,
consumption fell and the economy bounced back. A wise energy
policy makes a stronger America. |
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Congress
must act again. America needs an "Apollo" type project to
dream beyond the current paralysis. Private corporations will
not lead the way; they are too entangled in their own special
interests.
Congress must:
- Invest in a
comprehensive public research project to find alternative sources of
energy and to create greater energy efficiencies.
- Reward the
use of existing technologies such as biodiesel, wind, solar and
geothermal.
- Promote the
creation and maintenance of mass transit.
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Congress
must reassert itself as an equal partner with the President in the area
of foreign policy. The current mess in Iraq is the direct result of a
larger problem: Congress has failed to take its constitutional
obligations seriously. Congress, not the President, has the authority
to declare war. It made a fatal error when it neglected to ask the
tough questions before the invasion, surrendering to the President the
decision to commit troops. It has continued to fail by not exercising
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While the President may be the Commander-in-Chief and
has the
authority over tactical decisions, Congress must hold him accountable
for strategic failures. "Staying the course" in American foreign policy
is not an option because it weakens our position in the world.
Creating a winning foreign policy requires Congress to demand an
orderly repositioning of American troops from chaotic civil war in Iraq
and challenge the President to:
- Capture the terrorists responsible for 9-11
- Build a meaningful alliance based upon mutual respect
and cooperation
- Set clear and measurable benchmarks for progress in
Iraq before approving any more money
- Provide American troops with the armor, equipment,
training and numbers that they need to fight effectively while in harms
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