DPCC Co-Chair Bustos on MSNBC's Morning Joe: Democrats Are Offering A Better Deal for All Americans
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Cheri Bustos, Co-Chair of the House Democratic Policy & Communications Committee (DPCC), appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe to discuss how she's working to get results for the American people. Bustos highlighted how Democrats will bring A Better Deal to all Americans defined by better jobs, better wages, and a better future. Below are excerpts from the interview and a link to the video.
"The people in my district have seen Maytag ship all the jobs over to Mexico or a company like Sensata that Bain Capital bought out and shipped the jobs to China. People feel like we haven't been fighting for them - so what I do is talk about nothing but the economy. If I'm asked about an issue that might be somewhat divisive, I answer it and answer it honestly. But then I say what I'm spending my time on is the economy, to make sure that people who have felt like they've been left behind know that we're listening and want to do something about it."
"Democrats are offering a better deal and that is better jobs, better wages and a better future for Americans and we have legislation that backs that up. I'm talking about five things: that's jobs, jobs, education, jobs, and jobs. The education part of it is we as Democrats are calling for: a doubling of our investment in apprenticeship programs, getting people ready for the jobs of the future."
"When President Trump is tweeting in the middle of the night and we all wake up and look at our phone first thing [whether] he's talking about kneeling or he's talking about disparagingly about a gold star mother or a member of Congress, what [Democrats] have to do is, if we get asked about that, answer and say, ‘but you know what?' This is another diversion getting us away from focusing on the economy."
"I'm on the transportation committee. I've been telling people back home I still have confidence we're going to get a trillion dollar transportation package passed. And I hope that that will happen. It's where Democrats and Republicans can come together - but we're not going to get anything done if we keep focusing, whether it's the President or whether it's the Democrats or the Republicans if we're focusing on all these divisions."