PA Editorial Board: “Casey Makes a Strong Case on Why He’s the Best Person Our Commonwealth Could Have in the Senate”

October 12, 2024

PennLive: “Casey Makes a Strong Case on Why He’s the Best Person Our Commonwealth Could Have in the Senate.”

Erie Times-News: “Casey Said He Has Three Major Priorities if Re-elected: to Support Voting Rights, Women’s Rights and Workers’ Rights.”

PENNSYLVANIA – During his campaign for re-election, Senator Bob Casey sat down with the Editorial Boards of the Erie Times-News and PennLive to discuss his record of delivering for Pennsylvania families and legislative priorities for a fourth term.

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U.S. Sen. Bob Casey […] took advantage of the [Editorial Board] meeting to offer his views on some of the top issues of our day, from how to manage the economy and immigration to how to better help seniors and people with disabilities.

Sen. Casey’s answers reflected a sincere concern for his constituents and a deep understanding of local, national and global issues born from almost two decades in the U.S. Senate. Despite his busy work and campaign schedule, Sen. Casey carved out about an hour to ensure he respected PennLive’s readers and did not take their vote for granted.

Casey also talked about his efforts to contain the cost of prescription drugs and strengthen Medicare, as well as help working families by making childcare more affordable and cutting taxes on the middle class. And he talked about his work to address immigration in a humane manner, working across the aisle to fashion bipartisan legislation.

These are all vital issues for Pennsylvania voters, and Casey makes a strong case on why he’s the best person our commonwealth could have in the Senate.

Erie Times-News: Pennsylvania’s Bob Casey on why he deserves fourth term in Senate: ‘My record is evident’

“I want to continue to deliver for the people of our state and fight some battles I think that we have to fight and win,” Casey said during an interview at the Erie Times-News in June. “My record is evident.”

Casey said that without the American Rescue Plan the city of Erie and Erie County would have lost out on $76 million and $50 million, respectively, and the parents of some 50,000 eligible children would have gone without advanced child tax credit payments for a six-month period.

Big corporations have continued to raise prices or have kept prices high even as inflation rates have dropped, all while seeing record profits, [Casey] contends. Economists coined the term “greedflation,” but Casey says he “put it up in lights and made sure people knew there was evidence for it.”

Casey’s emphasis on women’s rights, workers’ rights and voting rights — he supports the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which would bolster the government’s ability to address voting discrimination — stems from his belief that the U.S. Supreme Court is a “radical right court” because of its current composition, which includes three justices appointed by former President Donald Trump, and rulings like Dobbs.

The [bipartisan border security bill], which has the support of the union that represents U.S. Border Patrol agents, would fund the hiring of scores of additional agents. It would also address asylum provisions in a way that Casey believes would “drastically reduce border crossings.” It also would empower the president to shut down the border at any time — a power that, Casey notes, Trump had sought while in office — and invests in technology that would help screen for fentanyl and other drugs being smuggled into the U.S.

“[…] What I think we should do, finally, is what we did for one brief, shining moment in the American Rescue Plan, when we said families raising their kids are going to get an expanded child tax credit and big companies are getting nothing, and rich people are getting nothing because you got it for 40 years. It’s about time we help the middle class, help families raise their kids, help families pay for long-term care, help families pay for child care.”

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