American Jobs Plan Tour in Bartholomew and Madison Counties

TODAY in Anderson and Columbus, Joe Donnelly (former U.S. Senator), Baron Hill (former U.S. Congressman – IN09), Brett Voorhies (President of IN AFL-CIO), Tim Lanane (State Senator – District 25), Terri Austin (State Representative – District 36), Grace Kestler (Columbus City Councilor) will continue the Indiana Democratic Party’s American Jobs Plan tour, an effort by the Indiana Democratic Party to show why Indiana needs the Jobs Plan and a revitalized infrastructure system. The statewide tour, a sequel to the American Rescue Plan tour, will allow Hoosiers to hear more about a Plan that will create good-paying jobs, dismantle the INGOP’s “right to work” laws (creating Indiana’s “work more for less” economy), and build a better future for Hoosier families. 

Details about the Bartholomew and Madison AJP stops are below. To RSVP for this American Jobs Plan tour stop, please contact Drew Anderson at 765-432-3231 or danderson@indems.org:

Monday, July 26

County: Bartholomew

Time: 6:00 PM

Location: Donner Park Shelter House (2380 25^th Street, Columbus, IN 47201)

Speakers: Baron Hill, former U.S. Congressman (IN-09)

Brett Voorhies, President of IN AFL-CIO

Grace Kestler, Columbus City Councilor

Rick Russell, EFO of IAAI-CFI, NAFI-CFEI/CVFI

County: Madison

Time: 6:00 PM

Location: Transit Center (14th and Jackson Street, Anderson, IN)

Speakers: Joe Donnelly, former U.S. Senator

Terri Austin, State Representative – District 36

Tim Lanane, State Senator – District 25

David Frye, Treasurer-Secretary of Indiana Laborers District Council

The American Jobs Plan is supported by a large majority of American voters, including 41-percent of Republicans. This includes Indiana Republican mayors Jim Brainard (Carmel) and Steve Collier (Lawrence), who signed onto a letter supporting the bipartisan deal for part of the Jobs Plan. 

“Indiana needs to create more economic opportunities for everyone. Sadly, for years, Republicans have deployed catchy buzzwords to gloss over a state that just isn’t working for most Hoosiers. People are being told to work more for less, drive on crumbling roads and bridges, and provide for their families despite high childcare costs and little to no access to high-speed internet. This is simply unacceptable in 2021,” said Mike Schmuhl, Chairman of the Indiana Democratic Party. “President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan will fix the problems that Indiana Republicans have failed to address by creating a level playing field for hard working folks who deserve a brighter future for themselves and their families. Democrats are hopeful Republicans will join us to get this done instead of defaulting to blatant partisanship. Solutions should come before party, and the American Jobs Plan will take Indiana to the #NextLevel.” 

Under the proposed American Jobs Plan, Indiana will fix its crumbling roads and bridges, take broadband internet expansion to the next level, eliminate childcare deserts for families, strengthen unions via the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, and secure better health care access for Indiana’s 400,000+ veterans. Hoosiers can learn more about the Jobs Plan by visiting the Indiana Democratic Party’s website: “The American Jobs Plan: Why Indiana Needs It”.