Hillary's Appalachia tour brought her to Athens OH today where she
addressed an audience at Jackie O's Production Brewery accompanied by
Sherrod Brown.
This
afternoon, Hillary Clinton spoke about her plans to raise incomes and
expand opportunities for Appalachian families facing stark challenges:
the lowering demand for coal; chronic outsourcing by American companies
and a nationwide opiate epidemic on her 'Breaking Down Barriers Tour.'
During a speech in Athens, Ohio, she renewed her pledge to being
everyone's president even if they don't support her.
Hillary
Clinton, is committed to focusing on the aspirations and needs of
families in the region that powered America in the 20th century, and has
proposed a $30 billion plan to aid Coal Country and a $10 billion plan
to fight drug addiction. The Breaking Down Barriers Tour’ included
stops in Ashland, Kentucky; Williamson, West Virginia; Charleston, West
Virginia; and Athens, Ohio, where Clinton heard directly from coal
miners, transportation and power plant workers, their families and their
communities.
The transcript of Clinton’s remarks as delivered >>>>
