Statewide Elected Officials: •Governor Ed Rendell
•Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll
•State Party Chair T.J. Rooney
Federally Elected Officials: •Senator Bob Casey
•Rep. Allyson Schwartz (PA)
•Rep. Robert Brady (PA) •Rep. Patrick Murphy (PA) •Rep. Charlie Rangel (NY)
•Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT) •Rep. Rob Andrews (NJ)
•Rep. Jay Inslee (WA)
•Rep. Russ Carnahan (MO)
•Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH)
•Rep. Donna Edwards (MD)
•Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL)
•Rep. Jackie Speier (CA)
•Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (FL)
•Rep. James Clyburn (SC)
•Rep. Lois Capps (CA)
Local State Officials: •State Senator Connie Williams
•State Senator Lisa Boscola
•State Rep. Jennifer Mann
•State Rep. Joseph F. Brennan
Local Elected Officials: •Don Cunningham
Lehigh County Executive
•Rick Daugherty
Lehigh County Party Chair
•Joe Long
Northampton County Party Chair
•Marcel Groen
Montgomery County Party Chair
•Tom Herman
Chair Berks County Party
•Mayor Ed Pawlowski
Allentown
•Mayor John Callahan
Bethlehem
•Mayor Sal Panto
Easton
Labor Unions: •International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
•International Union of Operating Engineers Local 542
•International Union of Operating Engineers
•Mid-Atlantic Laborers'
•Laborers' International Union of North America
•Plumbers Union Local 690
•United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry
•International Brotherhood of Teamsters
•International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
•International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
•Sheet Metal Workers International Association
•United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
•United Steelworkers of America
•American Postal Workers Union
•International Union of Painters & Allied Trades
•International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Ironworkers
•International Union of Bricklayers
•Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
•Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union
•United Union of Roofers local 30
•International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
•International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers
•International Union of Elevator Constructors
•Communications Workers of America
•United Auto Workers •Service Employees International Union
•Pennsylvania AFL-CIO •United Food and Commercial Workers
•National Association of Social Workers •American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees •Transport Workers Union of America •American Federation of Teachers
Issue Advocacy Groups: •EMILY's List
•Business Professional Women USA/PA
•The Feminist Majority
•National Women's Political Caucus
•National Organization for Women (NOW)
•People for the American Way
•Democratic Advancement PAC (DAPAC)
•Allentown Women's Center
•Women's Campaign Forum (WCF)
•American Association for Justice (AAJ)
•Democracy for America (DFA) - Lehigh Valley
•Sierra Club
•Clean Water Action
•Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs (pro-Israel)
•J Street
•League of Conservation Voters
•NARAL Pro-Choice America
•Blue America
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.
Just the other night, one
of the most important banks in our area nearly failed. Wachovia Bank employs
thousands of Pennsylvanians, holds billions of deposits and has issued thousands
of mortgages in the Lehigh Valley.
Bush and Dent got us into this
mess and now, more than ever, we need leaders in Congress who can work together
to secure our savings, stabilize our economy and protect Main Street. Any new legislation must protect taxpayers
and hold executives accountable:
Wall Street Must Pay the Price. Make sure that the speculators and investors
responsible for this crisis pay for it and make sure they place a cap on
executive compensation.
Protect Homeowners and Small Businesses. Help renegotiate bank loan rates and
increase the FDIC insurance limit to $250,000 per bank.
Aggressive Oversight. Phased authorizations of funds,
approval board of major financial transactions, and regular reporting to
Congress.
People in the Lehigh Valley are
disgusted with the inaction in Washington, DC. Days of silence from Congressman
Dent - followed up by partisan posturing – won't help keep people in their homes
or fend off a recession.
