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| Standing from the right: Joe Sherman, Bill Krum, Rep Crowley, David Quintana and Joe Lauria - Seated: Raphael Schweizer, Zo Halton and Paco Lugovina - Click on image to enlarge |
On Tuesday, January 11th, members from the Bronx and Queens MoveOn.org Councils met with Representative Joe Crowley at his Bronx office on Bruckner Blvd to discuss our progressive values and seek his assistance and commitment to pursuing them during the upcoming Congressional legislative session.
Among the items we presented and discussed with Congressman Crowley were:
- An extension of unemployment benefits for 99'ers and a federal job training bill to get american back to work...
- Green Energy Initatives to help America be a leader in clean energy policies and end our use of foreign oil...tied into this was the need to a new commitment to rebuilding our roads, bridges and infrastructure...
- An end to the endless wars in Iran and Afghanistan and to use the money towards domestic policies...
- A repeal of the onerous and Un-American Patriot Act...which goes against the Bill of Rights and numerous other Constitutional guaranteed rights of all Americans...
- Cleaning up federal campaigns including campaign finance reform, enactment of the Disclose Act and a repeal of the Citizen United bill...
- Comprehensive federal Gun Control and reenactment of the Assault Weapons Act and the Brady Bill...
- Healthcare reform including fighting back against the Republican's repeal of the recently passed bill and making it even more progressive with the inclusion of single payer option...
- We stressed the need for a comprehensive Immigration policy and to seek the passage of the Dream Act...
- Mental health issues were discussed in regard to the recent Gabrielle Giffords tragedy in Arizona...
Congressman Crowley was supportive on many of the issues and vowed to push against the wrong-headed incoming Republican majority's agenda...He also agreed to work with us and meet with us in the future to assist us realizing our goals for a better America...
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