Phil Hare on Welfare & Poverty Democrat

Sponsored bill for public jobs on community-based projects.

CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY:
• There is established in the Department of Labor a New Economy Grant Program to provide grants for the creation of new jobs on specific public works projects carried out by State or local governments, and community-based public interest projects carried out by nonprofit organizations.
• Specific Project Grants- From the amounts made available, set aside an amount for each State based on the population of and relative unemployment rate.
• Entities eligible for a direct grant under this section include the following:
  - STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS that demonstrate an ability to promptly hire new employees for work on specific public works projects.
  - NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS- Community-based nonprofit organizations that demonstrate an ability to promptly hire and effectively manage new employees for work on specific projects.
• Such projects must be ready to commence work no later than 2 months after receiving a grant, and new positions of employment on such projects must be for a period of not less than 6 months.

SPONSOR'S INTRODUCTORY REMARKS:

Rep. HARE: The unemployed don't want another benefits check. They want a job. H.R. 4290 would tackle this problem by creating and helping retain millions of jobs. It will reach that goal by investing $60 billion per year over 3 years in TARP money.

• First, it would invest heavily in the creation of a new economy grant program.
• Secondly, it would provide a direct line of funding to states and localities to help alleviate their financial woes.
• Further, my bill would provide much-needed funding to our Nation's schools to protect our teachers and hire more to meet the needs of our children.
• The final piece of this bill is a direct line of funding to our national forests and national parks to address some of their many high-needs projects that have been neglected for decades.

Support school breakfast for low-income children.

A resolutix`on expressing the sense of the Senate that providing breakfast in schools through the national school breakfast program has a positive impact on the lives and classroom performance of low-income children.
• Recognizes the positive effect the National School Breakfast Program has had on children's classroom performance and the lives of low-income children and families.
• Expresses strong support for states that have successfully implemented school breakfast programs and encourages all states to improve their programs.
• Recognizes:
  1. the importance of providing states with resources to improve the availability of adequate and nutritious breakfasts;
  2. the role nonprofit and community organizations play in increasing awareness of, and access to, breakfast programs for low-income children; and
  3. hat National School Breakfast Week helps draw attention to the need for, and success of, the National School Breakfast Program.
  Source: SR67&HRes210 2009-SR67 on Mar 5, 2009

  Reduce the concentration of wealth & wage inequality.

  Hare adopted the Progressive Caucus Position Paper:

  Economic inequality is the result of two and a half decades of government policies and rules governing the economy being tilted in favor of large asset owners at the expense of wage earners. Tax policy, trade policy, monetary policy, government regulations and other rules have reflected this pro-investor bias. We propose the introduction or reintroduction of a package of legislative initiatives that will close America’s economic divide and address both income and wealth disparities.

  The Progressive Caucus could take the lead in the formation of a national leadership steering committee to put this dramatic issue before the public through coordinated media campaigns and local education and action forums. The political program should be concerned with:
  • Reducing wage inequality: We are proposing initiatives to both raise the minimum wage floor and prevent the tax code from subsidizing excessive compensation.
  • Asset-building initiatives: The government has historically given land to citizens. Unfortunately, the programs were discriminatory toward people of color and kept a whole generation of people off the asset-building train. We are proposing a universal asset building approach that will dramatically reduce the number of “asset less” households and reduce the disparity of wealth for all Americans.
  • Addressing the over concentration of wealth and power: The concentration of wealth is a problem because it distorts our democracy, destabilizes the economy and erodes our at our social and cultural fabric. Too much concentrated wealth leads to too much concentrated power and begins to undermine our participatory democracy.
  After a decade of economic prosperity, the moral question remains: if we can’t address the persistent economic divide in our nation today, when can we? Source: CPC Position Paper: Income Inequality 99-CPC3 on Nov 11, 1999

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