#nat

As a first generation Jewish American, I have witnessed firsthand Jewish immigrants who have come to this Nation in order to create a better life for themselves, their families, and future generations. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#better #better life #come #create #families

As grateful as we are for all the work the community health centers do, it is also important that we recognize that they cannot solve the health care crisis facing our Nation by themselves. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#cannot #care #centers #community #crisis

I was proud to witness American Jewish organizations found the Save Darfur Coalition in June 2004 to mobilize a coordinated interfaith response to the ongoing humanitarian disaster. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#coalition #coordinated #darfur #disaster #found

Simply raising fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks to 33 miles per gallon would eliminate our oil imports from the Persian Gulf. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#economy #eliminate #fuel #fuel economy #fuel economy standards

Since the birth of our Nation, no other right has been more important than having the ability to vote. Unfortunately, as history has shown, the denial of this right to minorities is a scar on our system of democracy. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#been #birth #democracy #denial #having

Through educational programming, Jewish American History Month will help raise the awareness of a people, their history and contributions. It will help combat anti-Semitism, a phenomenon that is on the rise and that unfortunately still exists in our Nation. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#american history #anti-semitism #awareness #combat #contributions

People in New York pay attention to national issues - a huge percentage of people. ↗

— Sydney Schanberg

#huge #issues #national #new #new york

The Voice has always been an alternative paper. They have always understood that that was part of their role. ↗

— Sydney Schanberg

#always #been #paper #part #role

The paper nominated me 12 or 13 times for the Pulitzer Prize. ↗

— Robert Scheer

#nominated #paper #prize #pulitzer #times

They know that the column resonates in the community. They know that people like it, and yet they don't have room for one column once week that consistently got it right. ↗

— Robert Scheer

#community #consistently #got #know #like