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Janice Schakowsky: You have the sign, ``The Progressive Message,'' and I am a proud member of the Progressive Caucus. But I believe that if…

On the recordNovember 29, 2012
You have the sign, ``The Progressive Message,'' and I am a proud member of the Progressive Caucus. But I believe that if you presented what you just said to the American people, in general, that the vast majority agree with that because it's fair. That's all. We are willing to find cuts, and as you pointed out, we've already done that. That's already been done with $1.5 trillion in cuts. But fairness means not just that starting from scratch, we cut everybody across the board, but we do it in a humane and fair and sensible way in our country. And I think the Progressive message is the American message, the one that we're hearing from the American people. So I thank you so much for your leadership. And going forward, I hope we can help to mobilize, along with the President, mobilize people to support these ideas.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois
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Nov 29, 2012

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