At the CWA conference, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) says America must focus on rebuilding its own infrastructure and proposes a national infrastructure reconstruction bank that will invest $60 billion over ten years for that purpose. He says if America can spend $400 million per day in Iraq and $10 billion a month rebuilding a foreign nation, it can spend $10 billion domestically to put citizens back to work and restructure the economy. (1:00)

 

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Echoing Clinton on her broadspan proposal at the CWA conference, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) calls for widespread access to high-speed internet in order to integrate Americans into the global economy. (0:32)

 

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At the CWA conference, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) says he is the only presidential candidate who will offer tax breaks to middle-class families and senior citizens, and says something is wrong when a CEO makes more in ten minutes than the average worker makes in a year. (1:02)

 

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At the CWA conference, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) says that if he is elected president, he will invest $150 billion over ten years in green technology like solar panels, windmills, and biodiesel in an effort to end dependency on foreign oil and bring gas prices down. (0:51)

 

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In addition to the Employee Free Choice Act, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) says at the CWA conference that he will pass the Patriot Employer Act, which will stop tax breaks to companies who outsource jobs and will give them instead to companies who invest in American jobs. (0:27)

 

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After referencing pending trade agreements with foreign companies at the CWA conference, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) says America should take care of its own workers first, and promises to sign the Employee Free Choice Act as soon as it lands on his desk. (0:33)

 

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At the CWA conference, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) outlines his health care reform plan and says that every American should have health care comparable to members of Congress because Americans pay Congress’s salary, and “you can take that to the bank.” (1:03)

 

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At the CWA conference, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks about his lobbyist reform legislation, says he is the only candidate who has not taken money from special-interest groups, and pledges not to let them influence his presidency. (0:50)

 

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At the Communications Workers of America conference, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) says that the Bush administration is anti-labor and that Bush’s Ownership Society translates to a “you’re on your own” philosophy. He says that “it’s not the Department of Management, it’s the Department of Labor.” (1:08)

 

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At the CWA Conference, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) says when she will provide health care to every Americans, no “ifs, ands or buts,” and this is a big difference in this campaign. I have a plan for Universal Health Care. John Edwards had a plan for Universal Health care, but Senator Obama does not. It’s a core democratic value that the Democratic party nominate someone who will go “toe to toe” with John McCain on the issue of Universal Health Care. “What do we stand for,” she says, “if we don’t stand for Universal Health Care?” (:29)

 

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