Schiff on Restoring our Economy

Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) spoke on the House floor, urging the Joint Select Committee to seize the opportunity to do something big to put the nation's finances on a long-term, solvent and sustainable path. In his remarks, he outlined a set of long-term strategies and policies to:
 Make the United States a manufacturing powerhouse again;
 Ensure that small business remains the catalyst for the American economy;
 Reorient our immigration structure to attract the best and brightest people from around the world;
 Ensure a highly skilled workforce, buttressed by a revitalized world-class infrastructure that reduces the time and expense of getting goods to market and fosters innovation will keep us competitive; and
 Restore the middle class dream that hard work and perseverance will give the average American the chance to live comfortably, retire with dignity and pass on greater opportunity to the next generation.

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