On the recordJuly 11, 2012
On my way home from work, I stopped at the local grocery store, and I stopped at the bank. My bank is located conveniently between my grocery store and the gas station, only minutes from my home. I thought about the last 4 years and the fights that Democrats in Congress are waging to make sure working families can see more money in their bank accounts. It's been tough, but we've had some successes: reducing out-of-pocket health care expenses with preventive care, closing the prescription drug doughnut hole, protecting consumers from overdraft and ATM fees, even getting the American auto industry back on track as a mainstay of American manufacturing. But we have some important fights ahead us. We are fighting to keep in place critical middle class tax cuts. We know Americans can't afford those tax hikes. We know American seniors can't afford the drastic cuts in Medicare in the Republican Tea Party budget. Democrats are focused on growing the economy, creating jobs, and ensuring that Americans see more money in our neighborhood bank accounts--not on some other shore, not in some other country, and not on some island. Republicans say they worry about the same things, but today they're repealing health care and protecting the interests of millionaires because they care more about those folks than they do about hardworking Americans and their local bank accounts. ____________________
