What Your Government Does
For You
We are a community. The Second
Congressional District is 538,162 people living and working together. We
make up many of the neighborhoods that define Philadelphia. We are old
and young. We are rich and poor. We come from many lands and cultures.
And all of us use government services.
Many people in the District have raised
questions about what the government really does for us. For the past few
years, we have been barraged with people saying government can't do
anything right. Some of us are concerned with taxes. Some of us want
services that we or a loved one needs to be better, more available. All
of us have questions of what really happens with Federal government
services.
Therefore, this report was prepared after
Congressman Fattah's first few years in Congress, to present a snapshot
of what the federal government does in our community. Congressman
Fattah's office is currently working on a more updated version of the
information.
 Educates
our children
Gets
medical services
Obtain
housing
Provide
pensions and retirement income
Strengthens
our safety and justice systems
Builds
the roads and supports the mass transit services
Provides
job training for people trying to improve their skills
Provides
assistance for people who cannot take care of themselves
Invests
in an environmentally sound, energy independent future
Provides
for our common defense
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