Senator Santorum has been a leader in the fight to reform America's social welfare system. However, welfare reform is only a part of his broader vision to end urban and rural poverty by strengthening families, communities and the local organizations that sustain them. He is the Senate Chairman of the Renewal Alliance, a coalition of congressmen and senators seeking economic and cultural restoration in impoverished rural and urban communities. Senator Santorum also believes that we have a national responsibility to educate each of our children to succeed in our high technology economy. Having visited over 150 Pennsylvania schools in his first term, Senator Santorum believes that by giving states and communities control over their children's education, the federal government can be an effective partner to schools working to give all of America's children a world class education.
American families pay more in taxes than on food, clothing, housing, and transportation combined.
Senator Santorum is a leading advocate in the fight to reform our federal tax code, and he will continue to seek lower taxes for working Pennsylvanians, and the businesses that employ them, by championing a reduction in the tax burden for all Americans. Senator Santorum was also proud to be the first Pennsylvania senator on the Senate Agriculture Committee in nearly a century. He is a leading advocate for Pennsylvania farmers. Senator Santorum is responsible for the creation of the federal Farmland Protection Program and is fighting for the future of Pennsylvania's dairy farmers. In addition, he worked to bring fairness to the federal crop insurance program for specialty farmers and secured relief for all Pennsylvania farmers touched by the devastating 1999 drought.