Poverty
- “End poverty in 30 years”
- Introduced S.652 {Rural Rental Housing Act of 2001} A bill to promote the development of affordable, quality rental housing in rural areas for low-income households. Co-sponsors included Jeffords, Leahy and Wellstone.
- 'There is a pressing and worsening need for quality rental housing for rural families and senior citizens. As a group, residents of rural communities are the worst housed of all our citizens. Rural areas contain approximately 20 percent of the nation's population as compared to suburbs with 50 percent. Yet, twice as many rural American families live in bad housing than in the suburbs. An estimated 2,600,000 rural households live in substandard housing with severe structural damage or without indoor plumbing, heat, or electricity....
- ...The time has come for us to take a new look at a critical problem facing rural America. How can we best work to promote the development of quality rental housing for low-income people in rural America? My colleagues and I believe that to answer this question, we must comply with certain basic principles. We do not want to create yet another program with a large federal bureaucracy. We want a program that is flexible, that fosters public-private partnerships, that leverages federal funding, and that is locally controlled. We believe that the Rural Rental Housing Act of 2001 satisfies these principles and will help move us in the direction of ensuring that everyone in America, including those in rural areas, have access to affordable, quality housing options.'' http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:S.652:
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Unions
- Remarks at the Iowa Federation of Labor's annual convention at the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center in Waterloo; held a media availability at Payne Memorial Church in Waterloo; held a media availability at Horizons Family Service Alliance in Cedar Rapids; and attended a fundraiser for the House Democratic Caucus at the Ramada Inn in Cedar Rapids. On August 20 he delivered remarks to the Iowa Farmer's Union at the Best Western in Marshalltown: http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2005/08/20/news/metro/8ffc5d54a502679c86257063000708ab.txt|Edwards
The new campaign's supporters range from clergy like the Rev. Damon Lynch Jr., former president of the Baptist Ministers Conference, to politicians like former North Carolina Senator and likely presidential contender John Edwards. "The perception exists that a living wage is not a politically popular subject, and that people in general aren't interested in it," Edwards says. "But my feelings now on the subject are stronger than they've ever been. You can't live on $6, $7 or $8 an hour and have anything to fall back on. Instead of getting ahead, which most families want to focus on, they're focused on survival."
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