For the next generation
Subtitle: a wake-up call to solving our nation's problems
By: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, with Julie M. Fenster
Contributors: Fenster, J. M. (Julie M.)
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781250000996; 9781250021779
Subjects: Politics and government; United States; United States. Congress. House; Women legislators; Biography
Description: Congresswoman and Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz challenges the nation to resolve tough issues for future generations. America has witnessed the dangers that come with shortsightedness, she writes. If we want to ensure prosperity for ourselves and an improved way of life for young Americans, we have to change, starting now. We need to create jobs, turn around our economy, formulate a long-term energy solution, reform immigration policies, and enhance and expand health-care coverage. Yet these important issues have been sidelined by gridlock in a Congress that is too concerned about the next election to worry about the future. The group of Americans who have the most to lose from this dysfunction are the ones least represented in government: America's children. This book is one mother's challenge to her congressional colleagues and to the rest of the nation, to adopt a parent's perspective for doing right by our kids.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index.
Table of contents: title: Strengthening the economy (so our children don't have to); title: Safety nets, built to last; title: Health care : a right worth fighting for; title: A superpower for peace; title: We know the drill : it's time to explore alternatives; title: Infrastructure powers economic growth; title: Kids learn best when parents teach first; title: Keeping kids healthy and safe; title: Putting the fight back in women's rights; title: America's promise to immigrants; title: Civil rights : a march without end; title: Aiming for sensible policy on guns; title: Discourse, not discord; title: To belong to something; title: Change : what happens next is up to us.