NEWS from
CONGRESSWOMAN LYNN WOOLSEY
6th District, California

For Immediate Release:    March 3, 2006

For Information Contact:  Susannah Cernojevich (202) 225-5187

            
Common Sense Budget Act

Transfers Wasteful Pentagon Spending to Health, Schools, and other priorities like Homeland Security and the Budget Deficit

“Let’s strengthen our nation with responsible spending
that benefits all Americans,
while keeping our nation’s defenses strong,”
said Rep. Lynn Woolsey

What:               U.S. Representatives Lynn Woolsey (D-Petaluma) and Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) are joined by a group of business and retired military leaders in introducing the “Common Sense Budget Act.”
 
The “Common Sense Budget Act” would transfer $60 billion from outdated and unused Cold War era defense programs to priorities that benefit America’s long term security, like schools, healthcare and humanitarian foreign aid.

Who:                U.S. Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-Petaluma)
U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (D-Oakland)
Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
                        
Ben Cohen, Co-Founder, Ben and Jerry’s; President, Priorities Campaign
                        Lawrence Korb, Former Reagan Assistant Defense Secretary
                        Jack Shanahan, Former Commander of the US Second Fleet

                       Wayne Silby, Chairman, Calvert Funds
                       Jim Wallis, Sojourners
 
Where:             121 Cannon House Office Building
                        Washington, DC
 
When:              Wednesday, March 8
10:00 a.m.