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For us to meet our full potential as a country, we must reduce the high cost of health care and make it more available to every American. From big business to our doctors and our small businesses, everyone agrees that our health care system is broken, and if we do not address it, we will not be able to compete in a global economy.
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The greatest threat to our economic future is the state of our education system. We cannot continue to be competitive in a global economy if we continue to have a second rate education system. There is no more pressing issue facing America today, and it will become a security and economic threat if we do not address it now.
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I support a strong national defense and believe that providing for that defense is the most fundamental of responsibilities of our federal government. For decades, North Alabama has played a principal role in our nation’s defense, and in Congress I will ensure that this continues and that we fund our defense programs at the highest levels.
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I would not have voted for the $700 billion bailout, nor will I support any plan that rewards businesses for bad practices at taxpayer expense. I believe any solution to this financial crisis must include more protections for taxpayers and not shift the burden of fixing Wall Street's problems to future generations. I am disgusted that we have found ourselves in this financial mess and that those that were in charge of monitoring these issues have let us down. We need to hold them accountable and ensure that we do not allow corporate executives who contributed to this problem to receive millions of dollars in compensation while shareholders lose everything.
I hope that Republicans and Democrats can come together to develop a workable solution to this crisis and to the other serious problems that face our country.
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Rising Oil and Gas Prices |
High energy costs are the root of many of our problems as Americans. From groceries to gasoline and postage stamps, prices are rising everywhere as a result of high oil prices. While we develop new technologies that will allow us to become energy independent, we must all work together to find solutions to keep gas prices down in the short-term. This means finding environmentally responsible ventures to drill domestically.
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