Dear NJPIRG member,
President Obama is off to a good start. So far, he’s been talking about and, more importantly, getting to work on the most critical items on our agenda. But whether or not we’ll get the change we need hinges on what happens in the next few months.
He called for more accountability for banks, and pushed through NJPIRG-backed provisions in his economic recovery package that will provide more than $17 billion to improve public transportation—such as the ARC Tunnel in New Jersey—and a vital increase in Pell Grant funding to help defray the skyrocketing costs of higher education. But the biggest battles are yet to come.
Wall Street CEOs are digging in to stop any new oversight of their financial dealings; big insurance and drug companies are marshaling their forces to weaken or neutralize key provisions of the Obama health care plan; and powerful interests across the country are pushing to make sure future transportation dollars go to new roads and highways, not public transit.
Thanks to your support we’ve been able to make sure the public has a strong voice in all these early decisions by the Obama administration. Together, we’ll continue to make our voice heard in Washington, D.C., and across New Jersey.
Sincerely,
Jacob Koetsier
Legislative Advocate
