For the next generation : a wake-up call to solving our nation's problems / Debbie Wasserman Schultz, with Julie M. Fenster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schultz, Debbie Wasserman.

Contributor:

Fenster, J. M. (Julie M.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schultz, Debbie Wasserman.

United States. Congress. House.

Women legislators.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--21st century.

United States.

United States. Congress. House--Biography.

Women legislators--United States--Biography.

Florida.

Women legislators--Florida--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 308 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2013.

Summary:

Congresswoman and Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz challenges the nation to resolve tough issues for future generations. America has witnessed the dangers that come with shortsightedness, she writes. If we want to ensure prosperity for ourselves and an improved way of life for young Americans, we have to change, starting now. We need to create jobs, turn around our economy, formulate a long-term energy solution, reform immigration policies, and enhance and expand health-care coverage. Yet these important issues have been sidelined by gridlock in a Congress that is too concerned about the next election to worry about the future. The group of Americans who have the most to lose from this dysfunction are the ones least represented in government: America's children. This book is one mother's challenge to her congressional colleagues and to the rest of the nation, to adopt a parent's perspective for doing right by our kids.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Strengthening the economy (so our children don't have to)

Safety nets, built to last

Health care : a right worth fighting for

A superpower for peace

We know the drill : it's time to explore alternatives

Infrastructure powers economic growth

Kids learn best when parents teach first

Keeping kids healthy and safe

Putting the fight back in women's rights

America's promise to immigrants

Civil rights : a march without end

Aiming for sensible policy on guns

Discourse, not discord

To belong to something

Change : what happens next is up to us.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index.

ISBN:

9781250000996

1250000998

OCLC:

827724302