Straight Facts About Our Candidates
U.S. House of Representatives, New York, District 29
ERIC MASSA FIGHTS FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Opposes Exporting Our Jobs.
Eric Massa says CAFTA “is a direct attack on working families in the 29th Congressional District” and was largely responsible for the recent closing of the Weyerhaeuser plant in Elmira Heights. He staunchly opposes such “burn-down-the-barn free trade agreements.” (Gannett News Service, 3/24/06; Star- Gazette, 8/9/06, 7/30/06)
Advocates for Our Health Care.
Eric Massa says, “I understand that working families without health care face a true crisis every morning….My vision is for a future where we do not live governed by the survival of the fi nancially fi ttest but rather where health care is a way of life for us all.” (Star-Gazette, 5/11/06, 6/30/06)
Fights for Our Retirement Security.
Eric Massa signed a pledge to vote against privatizing Social Security, has a plan to maintain and strengthen Social Security and will fi ght to stop raids on the Social Security Trust Fund. (The Hill, 5/10/06; Star-Gazette, 6/30/06)
RANDY KUHL THREATENS WORKING FAMILIES
He sent our jobs overseas with CAFTA, cut the No Child Left Behind program by $806 million and slashed $12.7 billion from the student loan program. He raided $1.1 trillion from the Social Security Trust Fund, increased health care costs for working families and refused to crack down on price gouging by the oil and gas industries. (H.R. 3045, Vote #443, 7/28/05; H.R. 3010, Vote #321 and #320, 6/24/05; H.C.R. 95, Vote #88, 3/17/05; H.R. 525, Vote #426, 7/26/05; H.R. 3402, Vote #500, 9/28/05)
VOTE Nov. 7
SUPPORT CANDIDATES WHO SUPPORT WORKING FAMILIES
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