As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As chair of the CBC, I will do all I can to be supportive of Congressman Conyers.
I strongly support SNAP and will continue to urge my colleagues in Congress to provide adequate funding to this important program.
There are bills being discussed to raise the amount that Members of Congress pay in to their benefits and I support these pieces of legislation.
I've introduced eight bills to fight for support for our small businesses and ensure we get funding to rebuild public housing - among other things.
Nobody wants campaign finance reform more than me. It would save me a fortune.
I was sitting alone in a grim mood - furious that the press attacked Senator Edwards on the price of a haircut. But it inspired me - from now on, all haircuts, etc., that are necessary and important for his campaign - please send the bills to me... It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions.
Besides the devastating impact that the Ryan budget has directly on individuals, it does nothing to support job creation or our global competitiveness. Investments in both are drastically affected through cuts in funding for transportation and infrastructure projects, as well as funding for research and development.
There's a lot of politics over who gets the next allocation of Congressional funding.
Rather than address the priorities of the middle class, the Ryan budget is an attack on American seniors, students, workers, and families - all for the sake of protecting loopholes for the wealthy and corporations that ship jobs overseas.
I will tell you that my position is that funding bills should include as little money for Obamacare as possible.