Carolina Connection: Fighting for Our Future (Senator Kay Hagan)

Following is an excerpt shared from Senator Kay Hagan's
recent "Carolina Connection" eNewsletter:

Fighting for Our Future:
Wrapping Up Senator Hagan's
Budget Listening Tour

With Washington-as-usual partisanship stalling progress on serious deficit reduction and job creation, I recently convened listening sessions to hear directly from my best advisors – the people of North Carolina.

My "Fighting for our Future" Budget Listening Tour made stops in Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte and Wilmington, and the difference between what I hear in North Carolina and what I see in Washington is astonishing.

For too long in Washington, partisan bickering has prevented real deficit reduction. In North Carolina, the vast consensus was that we must work together, Democrats and Republicans, to craft a responsible plan to reduce the deficit that is balanced, bipartisan and calls for shared sacrifice....

Be sure to read the entire newsletter here:  http://hagan.senate.gov/newsletter/blt-wrap.html and don't forget to register your email address to receive her future letters...especially if you're a NC'er, or just appreciate politics in general.  :)

Declaring Energy Independence

     ###     By Congresswoman Virginia Foxx

When our Founders poked their finger in the eye of an imperialistic colonial power in the 1700's and declared their independence, the success of a new nation built on the concept of freedom was far from certain.  However, as we know, despite the long odds, the concept and our country have prevailed.

Similar long odds confront our nation today.  Consider our national energy policies.  As most North Carolinians know first hand, energy prices are gobbling up ever-larger slices of the family or business budget.  With gas prices averaging about $3.50 a gallon last month, it can seem like we are at the mercy of the Middle Eastern petro-states that control so much of the world's oil production.

It need not be so.

Please continue reading the Congresswoman's newsletter here... and if you're a North Carolinian (or just someone interested in the "politics", be sure to subscribe to her newsletters...  

God Bless! 

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