Governor Walz Pick Shows Governance Matters

Felicia Wong, president and CEO of Roosevelt Forward, the advocacy affiliate of the Roosevelt Institute, a progressive economic think tank, gave the following statement as Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on the Democratic ticket. 

Gov. Tim Walz has shown he knows about governing; spending political capital to improve lives. We applaud his commitment to paid leave, reducing child poverty, free college, and a just energy transition. This pick affirms that public investments in worker protection and the care sector and support for working families are good policy and good politics. Gov. Walz also understands the importance of using public power to hold corporations to account. He signed a right-to-repair bill for digital devices and a bill to limit or block harmful hospital mergers. We are hopeful that Gov. Walz will provide a perspective to the campaign on what can be done when we use policy to shift power to workers. 

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