Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson is serving her 13th term representing the 30th Congressional District of Texas. Johnson is widely recognized as one of the most effective legislators in Congress and is credited with originally authoring or co-authoring, sponsoring or co-sponsoring more than 821 bills that were passed by the House and Senate and signed into law by the President.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Congresswoman Johnson Joins The Progressive Caucus In Announcing 'Rebuild The American Dream' Jobs Platform
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson joined her colleagues in the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) to announce the Rebuild the American Dream Jobs Platform. The six principles of the platform are areas congresswoman Johnson and the Progressive Caucus have been championing for some time. These principles of: Reviving American manufacturing, rebuilding infrastructure, preparing citizens for jobs of the future, laying the pathway to lead the “Green Technology” revolution, a fair tax system, and ensuring that jobs that are created are quality “good paying” jobs are an effort to put Americans back to work.
“The Rebuild the American Dream Framework is the best way forward on jobs. It outlines what we need to do to put Americans back to work,” said Congresswoman Johnson. “We can strengthen our nation’s future and begin to address the unemployment crisis simultaneously by implementing the principles in this Jobs Framework.”
Read the Huffington Post article on the 'Rebuild The American Dream' Jobs Platform