Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Joins the Progressive Caucus in Announcing the ‘Rebuild the American Dream’ Jobs Platform

Washington, DC – (Thursday, September 15, 2011) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson released the following statement today supporting the Progressive Caucus in announcing the ‘Rebuild the American Dream’ Jobs Platform:

 Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson joined her colleagues in the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) to announce the Rebuild the American Dream Jobs Platform.  The six principles of the platform are areas congresswoman Johnson and the Progressive Caucus have been championing for some time.  These principles of: Reviving American manufacturing, rebuilding infrastructure, preparing citizens for jobs of the future, laying the pathway to lead the “Green Technology” revolution, a fair tax system, and ensuring that jobs that are created are quality “good paying” jobs are an effort to put Americans back to work.

 “The Rebuild the American Dream Framework is the best way forward on jobs. It outlines what we need to do to put Americans back to work,” said Congresswoman Johnson. “We can strengthen our nation’s future and begin to address the unemployment crisis simultaneously by implementing the principles in this Jobs Framework.”

 The full text of the Rebuild the American Dream Framework can be found here (CLICK TO READ FRAMEWORK).

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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. She is also the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas that includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Turtle Creek,Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.