George Miller for Congress

On Sunday, May 6, 2012 the Contra Costa Times endorsed my re-election bid. They wrote:  "[W]e endorse Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, the region's most effective congressional representative."  Thank you for your support.

On Sunday, May 6, 2012 the Contra Costa Times endorsed my re-election bid. They wrote:  "[W]e endorse Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, the region's most effective congressional representative."  Thank you for your support.

Please join me and my special guest, Congressman Barney Frank, on May 5 in Walnut Creek.  See details on my homepage.

I support the DISCLOSE Act to begin to curb the influence of super-sized secret money in our elections that the Bush Supreme Court unleashed. The Act requires: (Read more.)

Mitt Romney – with his 15 percent tax rate, offshore tax havens, and history of outsourcing jobs -- is a perfect fit … for Republicans in Congress. Read more.

Good jobs number released this number -- 200,000 jobs created in December, unemployment rate dips to 8.5 percent from 8.6 percent last month, and last year the economy created 1.64 million jobs overall.  These are all encouraging signs.  But we need to keep moving forward without delay.  The economy is still very fragile and too many people are still out of work. (Read more.)

I was proud to join steelworkersand company executives at USS-POSCO plant in Pittsburg, CA yesterday to call on House GOP leaders to pass a bill to clamp downon China's manipulation of its currency, a practice that costs us jobs.  The Contra Costa Times was there.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_19284846

Speaker John Boehner said yesterday that he gets along with the President but they’re not on the same wavelength.

The House of Representatives, under the control of the Tea Party Republicans, voted 238 to 186 today to pass the bill that makes it easier for companies to outsource American jobs, H.R. 2587.  Shame on them.  The fight now goes to the U.S. Senate.