Zitat des Tages von Sander Levin:
Dave Camp has been very much influenced by, and often guided by, the radicalization of the Republican Party... and too often failed to speak out.
The Ways and Means Committee for me has this opportunity to work with programs where I can take my parents' sense of community and make it work.
When people think about Michigan, they usually think about cars.
My brother and late sister and I were raised in Detroit; it was where the middle class across racial lines, the middle class was able to develop, build a home, have for the first time retirement benefits, have a job, and yes, their kids began to go to college.
You have to separate what needs to be done to avoid the fiscal cliff and what needs to be done longer range. It's a mistake to essentially collapse those two - they're not the same. I don't think you can achieve everything at once.
Retirement security is often compared to a three-legged stool supported by Social Security, employer-provided pension funds, and private savings.
The armored vehicle manufacturing base is not a light switch that can be turned on and off at will. If we mothball production of systems like the Abrams tank, it will take time and money to get this capability back.
What motivates me is everything that I have been a small part of.
We have to create jobs but also make sure that those who are looking for work aren't just left without any assistance whatsoever.
Michigan has a lot at stake in the defense industry, and the defense industry has a lot at stake in Michigan.
Opponents of health care reform would take away consumer protections - siding with the insurance industry instead of the middle class. We can't afford that.
I was essentially trained by World War II vets who combined a progressive view of life with a deep distrust of anything authoritarian.
In 1940, President Roosevelt called on American industry to become the 'great arsenal of democracy.' Automotive manufacturers in Michigan responded and converted their assembly lines from cars to tanks and helped America win World War II.