Durbin for Pork over Pregnant Women

(From the Sauerberg for Senate campaign. As a family physician, husband, and a father, Dr. Sauerberg is very sensitive to this issue.)

Yes to Burning Up Taxpayer Dollars for a Museum celebrating Woodstock - No to Pregnant Women, Mothers, and Infants

Steve Sauerberg, M.D. - "Once again we see just how far out-of-touch Dick Durbin is with Illinois values. Instead of voting to prioritize spending to aid pregnant women, mothers, and infants, Dick Durbin voted to protect Hillary Clinton's wasteful pork-barrel project."

(Western Springs, IL) - Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted to eliminate a Hillary Clinton-sponsored $1,000,000 earmark for a museum celebrating the legacy of Woodstock. By a vote of 52 to 42, the Senate wisely chose to instead move that money to programs benefiting pregnant women, mothers, and infants. Dick Durbin voted against this legislation. "Once again we see just how far out-of-touch Dick Durbin is with Illinois values," said Steve Sauerberg, M.D., a Republican candidate for the United States Senate. "Instead of voting to prioritize spending to aid pregnant women, mothers, and infants, Dick Durbin voted to protect Hillary Clinton's wasteful pork-barrel project."

"Dick Durbin has totally abdicated his responsibility to Illinois taxpayers. This should be an easy vote, common sense says that women and children take priority over wasteful pork barrel spending and favors for your buddies in the Senate," continued Sauerberg.

The museum celebrating Woodstock was a pet project of New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. The museum, located in Bethel, New York on the site of the 1969 music festival was created by billionaire Alan Gerry who has been a major donor to Hillary's campaigns.

A recent study showed that on average, Illinoisans paid $9,336 in federal taxes and got $6,328 back. That boils down to 68 cents back for every dollar in federal taxes, which places Illinois fifth worst among the 50 states and District of Columbia. "Illinois taxpayers only get back 68 cents on the dollar in taxes sent to Washington," said Sauerberg. "This appalling statistic isn't surprising when you see Durbin voting to waste Illinois taxpayer dollars on pork-barrel projects in New York. Dick Durbin is to blame for turning Illinois into the America's ATM."

"The people of Illinois deserve a Senator who will prioritize spending in Washington. When I am representing the people of Illinois in the U.S. Senate, I will never put pork-barrel projects before the needs of pregnant women, mothers, and infants," concluded Sauerberg. "When I am elected Senator, the people of this state will know that they have leadership in Washington that will reflect their common sense values."