Since being sworn in on January 4, 2007, Steve has played an active role in the House of Representatives. He voted for each portion of the Democratic Party’s “Six for ’06”, which raised the Federal Minimum Wage for the first time in a decade, enacted the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, broke the ties between lawmakers and lobbyists, halved the interest rates on student loans, ended tax subsidies to the oil companies, and granted federal funding for stem cell research.
He has used his role as a congressman to champion greater access to medical care for children, lower Medicare drug prices, lower interest rates on student loans, and an official apology for slavery and the system of segregation-era laws that restricted the rights of African-Americans.
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