ALLENTOWN – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) joined Democratic Congressional candidate Sam Bennett for a round table today to listen to local voters at the Bennett 2008 Campaign Headquarters.  Woody Kolb, along with his wife Marilyn, talked about their retirement savings, Helen Goldberg talked about how rising fuel costs are hurting her business, and Vince Zoppi talked about his falling property values.  Sen. Casey urged all those in the Lehigh Valley that want change to vote for Obama, Biden, and Bennett.

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ALLENTOWN – Democratic Congressional candidate Sam Bennett today shared her plan use green energy to boost the Lehigh Valley’s economy.  During a news conference earlier today at a Bethlehem gas station, Sam Bennett called for a $100 billion investment in renewable energy to help end our dependence on Middle East oil and create millions of new green energy jobs.  Over a dozen union workers and Sierra Club members came out to stand by her side.

ALLENTOWN – Democratic Congressional candidate Sam Bennett today calls on her Republican opponent Charles W. Dent to join her health care pledge.  Bennett pledges to buy her health insurance on the open market until every person in the Lehigh Valley has access to the same quality of coverage as their member of Congress.  Republican Congressman Dent currently takes advantage of the state legislature’s health care plan paid for by Pennsylvania taxpayers.  36,000 of these taxpayers live in the Lehigh Valley and don’t have insurance themselves, according to the Pennsylvania Insurance Department, as reported by The Express-Times. 

Today, U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) endorsed Sam Bennett for Congress to represent Pennsylvania’s 15th congressional district.

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ALLENTOWN – This week both the League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club announced their support for Democratic candidate Sam Bennett for Congress, already endorsed by Clean Water Action.

ALLENTOWN - The Republican failure to join Democrats in passing legislation to address our country's financial crisis is another example of what's wrong with Washington.  Congressman Dent has taken over $640,000 from the very groups that caused the meltdown on Wall Street, and now refuses to be part of the solution when our job security and retirement security are at stake.

ALLENTOWN – On the heels of Congressional hearings about a proposed $700 billion bail out of the failed Bush-Dent economic policies, OpenSecrets, a non-partisan campaign finance watchdog, released an analysis of where the very people responsible for the meltdown spend their money.

ALLENTOWN – Today, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced that Sam Bennett’s campaign for Pennsylvania’s 15th District has been added to its prestigious and competitive “Red to Blue” program.

ALLENTOWN – Democratic congressional candidate Sam Bennett issued the following statement in response to the new nationwide unemployment numbers at a new five-year high (6.1 percent) and 160,000 people who lost their jobs just last month.

“The failed policies of George Bush and Charles Dent have put our economy on the wrong track. Hardworking middle class Pennsylvania families need an immediate $1,000 in their pockets. And we need a new representative in Washington who will work to create jobs here, not send them overseas,” said Sam Bennett, a former small business owner and community leader.

ALLENTOWN – In a story called “What They Make,” the Morning Call reported Sunday on the wealth gap right here in Lehigh Valley, detailing the millions of dollars local CEOs earn. And who do they give to politically? The $13 million-a-year CEO of Air Products, John P. Jones, and $5 million-a-year CEO of PPL, James H. Miller, each give Congressman Charles Dent thousands of dollars. Meanwhile, the Vice Chairman and former CEO of Mack Trucks, Paul Vickner, which will cut hundreds of Lehigh Valley jobs, will still cut checks of thousands of dollars to Charles Dent. [opensecrets.org]

"I am running because the Lehigh Valley can do better. It's time we had a Congressperson who votes with their conscience...And my conscience would not allow me to vote to continue this war...to take support away from senior citizens...to cut funding for children's healthcare - because we, as a country, have a responsibility to look out for each other."

- Sam Bennett, Democratic candidate for the 15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley.

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