Joe Sestak to Present Erie with "A Plan for Pennsylvania Families" January 23, 2010

Joe Sestak to Present Erie with "A Plan for Pennsylvania Families"

Provides Quality Job Creation and Income Growth for Next Generation

MEDIA, PA - In an area where almost one in ten workers are still looking for jobs, Democratic U.S. candidate Congressman Joe Sestak will present his "Plan for Pennsylvania Families" on Saturday evening in Erie, his first comprehensive policy initiative of his campaign. Joe will provide an overview of the six key initiatives that he will lay out in the coming weeks:

Quality Job Creation/Income Growth

Affordable Living

Healthy Families

Educational Opportunities

Retirement Security

Fairness for the Common Good

He will provide specific details about his proposal for Quality Job Creation & Income Growth, which includes small business tax incentives, community bank guarantees, and reversal of corporate tax loopholes that send jobs overseas.

The following event is open to the press and the public:

WHAT: Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Congressman Joe Sestak Presents Plan for Pennsylvania Families: Quality Job Creation & Income Growth
WHEN: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM at Saturday, January 23, 2010
WHERE: Roger Israel American Legion Post 11, 2123 Peach Street, Erie PA 16502

"It's time for a new generation of leadership," Joe said. "After visiting all of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, I decided to run for the U.S. Senate because it's clear that Washington has forgotten working families," Joe said. "It's time to put Pennsylvania over politics, because in the 30 years that Arlen Specter has been Senator, Pennsylvania has seen half the job growth of the nation, poverty has increased four times more than the nation, and during the first seven years of the Bush Administration -- even before the recession -- over half of Pennsylvania working families saw their real income decline. "This election will be about accountability to honesty, integrity, and effectiveness."

*There will be additional press availability following the event.

For more information, contact: [email protected] or [email protected], (610) 891-8956

Joe Sestak was elected to Congress in 2006 after a distinguished 31-year career in the United States Navy, and he is honored to represent the Southeastern Pennsylvania district where he was born and raised. He is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania. During his Navy career, Joe attained the rank of 3-star Admiral, served in the White House as Director for Defense Policy on President Clinton's National Security Council, served in the Pentagon as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, and led a series of operational commands at sea, culminating in command of the USS George Washington Aircraft Carrier Battle Group (30 ships, 100 aircraft, and 15,000 sailors/marines/aviators/SEALs) during combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. In our nation's time of crisis in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, the Navy turned to Joe Sestak to serve as the first Director of "Deep Blue," the Navy anti-terrorism unit formed in response to the attacks. Joe is the highest-ranking former military officer ever elected to either branch of Congress. He graduated second in his class from the U.S. Naval Academy and holds a Master's in Public Administration and a PhD in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University. Joe lives in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Susan, and daughter, Alex, and proudly represents the 7th District, where his mother and many of his seven siblings still reside.