CONTRIBUTE

Springfield, PA, July 28 – Representative Bryan Lentz, the Democratic nominee for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, announced today that he would be hosting a town hall forum on economic issues this Saturday in Conshohocken where he would be listening to voters’ concerns and sharing his plans to help jump start the economy. The forum will be held at Conshohocken Fire Company 2, 819 Fayette Street this Saturday starting at 3 p.m.

The event is the second stop on Lentz’s 10-week, 25-stop economic listening tour that was launched earlier this week. The forum will be a good opportunity to hear from residents about the issues they want addressed by their next representative as the nation emerges from the recent recession, Lentz said. He also said he looked forward to sharing his plans for bringing more good-paying jobs to the 7th District.

“The top priority for my campaign has always been making sure there are enough good-paying jobs in the 7th district to support our working families,” Lentz said. “I look forward to sharing with voters how we can make that happen, and making sure they know that their next representative will be addressing any other concerns they may have about the economy.”

Lentz has already introduced a five-point proposal for generating job growth, including giving companies incentives to invest and expand, and providing educational opportunities to train employees in fields where demand was growing, like math and engineering.  He said he would use the ten-week tour of businesses in Delaware, Chester and Montgomery counties to further fine tune his proposal to target the demands of local businesses and working families.

Lentz has made saving and creating jobs a cornerstone of his campaign for Congress. He is the only candidate with a published plan to get our economy moving again and the only candidate who supports Wall Street reform and the creation of a consumer financial protection agency to ensure another collapse does not happen.  Lentz has also pledged to end tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas while his opponent Pat Meehan has signed a pledge to continue rewarding companies that outsource American jobs. 

“In my district and around this nation, we have the most talented, creative and hard working people anywhere,” Lentz said. “We should be putting in place policies that harness that power, not undercut it.”

A former Airborne Ranger, criminal prosecutor and Iraq War veteran, Bryan Lentz currently serves in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Delaware County. He was awarded both the Bronze Star for Service and the War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal for his military service. He lives in Swarthmore with his wife Jennifer and their son Thomas.