12.10.2009
Jobs are the number one issue in my campaign. But jobs can't be considered in a vacuum. Issues like health care and fair trade policies go hand in hand with developing a sustainable recovery in Ohio and stable communities for the years to come. Read more
12.10.2009
"Free trade" resulting from U.S. trade agreements such as NAFTA and CAFTA has resulted in huge trade deficits for the U.S., hurting our middle class workers who have lost jobs to outsourcing while corporations have scoured the world for the cheapest labor in countries with the fewest health, safety and environmental regulations. These agreements have enabled foreign countries to ship what their low-wage workers produce to the United States while blocking many U.S. products from entering their countries, all while we have bound ourselves to decisions of the World Trade Organization that hinder a fair trade balance. Read more
12.09.2009
I plan to make a cornerstone of my tenure as Ohio’s next United States Senator the mission to help renew our cities to reach their full potential once again. This will not be an easy task. It demands innovative thinking, strategic reinvention and relentless collaboration that is unprecedented. And the lion’s share of this will inevitably fall to the civic, business and community leaders in our cities, but there is a clear and compelling role for the federal government and your U.S. Senators to play. Read more
12.09.2009
Flawed trade policies have distorted the benefits of America’s tax, environmental and labor laws, and have perpetuated an artificial dilemma that economic prosperity and a sustainable environment are mutually exclusive. The commercialization of conservation, efficiency and renewable energy technologies and products in a way that contributes to greater community economic and environmental well-being, is the goal of clean energy legislation. A strong and concerted movement in this direction by our state’s leaders in government, manufacturing, business, labor, nonprofit and civic organizations offers an extraordinary opportunity to the Midwest, and especially Ohio, to revitalize economic development while enhancing environmental protection and preserving the quality of life in Ohio for generations to come. Read more
12.07.2009
People should be able to keep their employer-supplied health insurance if they want to, but everyone needs access to health care, not just the wealthy or the impoverished. This is so important for a strong middle class and for strengthening the impact of improvements in education—a healthy and educated population can progress much more quickly. Read more
12.07.2009
Because we face a rapidly growing world population, policies for energy independence should be crafted with a view beyond our borders and taking into account a growing world population that will use increasingly more resources. We should free ourselves at every level of the energy chain, first finding energy sources that are abundant and low cost without hidden environmental, social or national security costs. Read more
12.07.2009
Wall Street just doesn't get it. On February 4th insurance giant AIG announced that it would be paying out $100 million in bonuses—after America’s taxpayers bailed it out to the tune of at least $180 billion. Americans are simmering and ready to brew over. Here in Ohio, people are hurting like they haven’t hurt since the great depression of the 1930’s. A gentleman in Cleveland asked me what I thought the difference between a recession and a depression was. I know he saw little difference, and frankly it was hard to draw the line for him in his situation. Over the course of my campaign, I have listened to heart-wrenching stories about families facing financial ruin who have lost their health insurance and now cannot afford to pay medical bills for their children’s special health needs. And I have seen small business owners struggling—and in some cases having to shut their doors completely, because they cannot get credit to keep their businesses going (even when they have purchase orders in hand). Meanwhile, Wall Street and the nation's large financial institutions are picking up right where they left off as if the biggest taxpayer funded bailout of our country’s history was just a “blip” on the radar screen. I’ve got news for them: The party’s over. Read more
12.07.2009
Education is the ticket to a better standard of living for individual Americans and their families and for communities as a whole. As the daughter of a teacher of special needs children, I am acutely aware of the need to provide mainstream public educational opportunities to those children on both ends of the spectrum, with physical or cognitive disabilities and challenges, and with gifts that will aid our society for the future. Read more
12.07.2009
Our nation's veterans health care system must be fully examined and reformed to provide comprehensive services to those returning from war torn areas of our world, including adequate mental health services on both inpatient and outpatient bases. Read more
12.07.2009
I support the "Employee Free Choice Act" as a means to make a secret ballot vote on collective bargaining the choice of the workers and not the as a stall tactic of some employers who would use it to deny employees collective bargaining rights. Read more
12.07.2009
I support Marriage Equality as a matter of civil rights. Read more
12.07.2009
I support a woman's right to choose and to make her own health care decisions. Read more
12.06.2009
There is no question that the effects of global warming are already underway. The failure to meet this challenge is something my state and country cannot afford. One of the best ways to immediately conserve our energy is to better weatherize our buildings. I have proposed as part of an urban agenda that residents of public housing be trained in cooperation with unionized trades to weatherize their own housing to make public housing more energy efficient and to provide sustained skills for future employment for residents of subsidized housing. I also am enthused about the opportunities that are specific to Ohio, with its skilled trades and strong manufacturing base to build the green technologies that will replace expensive and dirty fossil fuel use and production to meet our energy needs with clean energy and sustainable technology. Emission control is a key issue and must be addressed. While the short-term costs of imposing emission control is undeniable, it is likewise undeniable that the cost of doing nothing is much greater, and doing nothing involves not only the financial and economic opportunity cost, but the cost of diminished health of our citizens. While it is understandable that nuclear energy is considered by many to be a solution to the challenge of energy production, its use should be limited to the period of time that it takes the infant renewable energy industry to accelerate innovation to the point that it can replace the need for nuclear energy. Wind, thermal, solar, geothermal, and technologies under development will ultimately answer the challenge of protecting our environment and ending exploitation of the natural essence of our country and our planet. Read more
12.06.2009
I support a Jewish democracy for the State of Israel and will be a stalwart defender of Israel's security. I believe that reaching a sustainable Israel-Palestinian two-state solution, including a sustainable, peaceful, contiguous, and democratic Palestinian state with the 1967 borders as a guideline, is the best way to ensure the long-term security of the State of Israel and is also in America's best interest. Iran's development of nuclear weapons represents an existential threat to Israel and is an unacceptable outcome for the long-term strategic interest of the United States, and targeted sanctions designed to hinder Iran's ability to develop these weapons are needed. I support an immediate freeze on the construction of new Israeli settlements, but I believe it is necessary to recognize realities on the ground for some of the more established settlements and I recognize Israel's right to construct a security barrier. The United States should pursue a policy of engagement of the Muslim world without an anti-Islam bias. Read more
12.05.2009
I support the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, preserving the right that has existed since colonial days to bear arms. At the same time I endorse Congressional action to shut down the illegal trafficking in guns that puts deadly weapons in the hands of criminals and juveniles. Read more
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Attended Women's Campaign Forum Gala in NYC tonight. WCF has been there for me each statewide race as early supporter; record attendance.
about 7 hours, 3 minutes ago from Columbus, Ohio