releases: http://susanwbrooks.house.gov//media-center/in-the-news/congresswoman-brooks-how-do-we-start-to-feel-secure-again
Data license: MIT · Data source: dwillis/congress-press
This data as json
| url | title | date | year | month | party | chamber | state | member_name | bioguide_id | domain | scraper | source | date_source | text | has_text | collected_at | updated_at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| http://susanwbrooks.house.gov//media-center/in-the-news/congresswoman-brooks-how-do-we-start-to-feel-secure-again | Congresswoman Brooks: 'How do we start to feel secure again?' | 2014-10-31 | 2014 | 2014-10 | Republican | House | IN | Susan Brooks | B001284 | susanwbrooks.house.gov | legacy | Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks visited Noblesville today, speaking to the Chamber of Commerce and its members at its October Luncheon about Congress' goals in the upcoming term, particularly focusing on different types of security issues. Brooks said security is something she hears people show concern with more and more. "Our country is built on bringing people together and believing in our future," Brooks said. "How do we fix it? How do we start to feel secure again? I do think Congress has a role to play in security: economic security, personal security, retirement security, and national security." Brooks continued, saying that things like a strong middle class and tax reform are major players in repairing economic security. Going along with personal security, Brooks spoke of creating a stronger, more educated and more skilled workforce and the creation of the jobs to match. "We know that we have far too many young people coming out of our high schools and even coming out of our colleges who truly have no idea...what the jobs are in your businesses or in you sectors," Brooks said, speaking to the crowd. Brooks said she believes that major changes need to be made concerning retirement security. "There are a lot more tools now for retirement security, but still we have far too many Americans relying on Social Security," she said. "That is not sustainable for the future. Doing nothing isn't an option. Hopefully in this next Congress, we'll get to some changes in Social Security and Medicare." Saving the biggest issue and topic for the end, Brooks spoke extensively about national security, concentrating on ISIS and the Ebola virus. "I knew Al Qaeda, when I started, was the top terrorist organization," she said. "ISIS wasn't even mentioned in 2013, and now ISIS is the largest growing, well-funded and most tech-savvy terrorist organization in the world." About Ebola, she said, "We just need to be prepared in a way unlike we have been in the past. (The two political parties) do come together, although I know it's hard to imagine, on some of the federal government's most critical roles, and we need to come together on these things." Overall, Brooks said she was confident for changes and progress in both chambers of Congress. "I am optimistic about our prospects," she said. "We are a country that we've got to pull out of the pessimism. I know we're in a pessimistic mood, but we can overcome it with action and with results." | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |