Founding Principles
The Founding Principles of the Caucus are:
- Fighting for working families and the middle class through the establishment of an equitable tax structure, fair wages, proper benefits, a level playing field at the negotiating table, and secure, solvent retirement plans.
- Providing affordable, accessible, quality health care to all Americans.
- Ensuring accessible, quality primary education for all American children, and affordable college education for all who want it.
- Protecting consumers, so that Americans can once again have faith in the safety and effectiveness of the products they purchase.
- Defending American competitiveness by fighting for fair trade principles.
- Creating and retaining good-paying jobs in America.
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