New Jerseyans in the third Congressional district and Americans across the country will ask themselves a simple question in the voting booth this year: Should the next Congressman in their district continue the policies of George W. Bush?
We all know the Republicans will. I will not.
I understand the daily struggles' middle class families face, their anxiety about the soaring cost of groceries and gas, and concern about where to turn if a loved one gets sick, because they don't have health care coverage. I know the challenges because I have lived with them.
As an only child, I grew up in a small town in Haddonfield, New Jersey. My father was a small business owner and the town's drycleaner and mother was a stay at home mom. We were the first "Adler family" to own a home in America. However, after my father suffered a series of heart attacks, we lost our family dry cleaning business, and like many families today, left with a staggering set of health care bills and no income to pay them.
That's why I will fight to expand health care coverage and make it more affordable. That's why I will fight to pass SCHIP.
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