Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/20/2018
6:00 pm
Location
Barnabys
Categories No Categories
2018 True Blue Spring Event
Event Date:
Hosted by Chester County Democratic Committee
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 Time: 6:00 PM
Barnaby’s of West Chester
15 S High Street
West Chester, PA 19382
Joe Hoeffel, author of Fighting for the Progressive Center in the Age of Trump and he Iraq Lie: How the White House Sold the War, and three-term US Congressman representing Pennsylvania’s 13th District, is proud of his thirty-eight-year record of progressive politics, effective and pragmatic leadership, and fiscal responsibility on behalf of his constituents, having also represented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a State Representative and a Montgomery County Commissioner.
As a Congressman, Joe introduced legislation to eliminate wasteful corporate welfare, to reform federal support for public schools, to establish a patients’ bill of rights, and to reform the Medicare prescription drug plan for seniors. In 2004, Joe founded “Iraq Watch” and made 30 speeches on the floor of the House urging changes in our military and foreign policies in Iraq.
Joe is a lifelong resident of Abington. Joe graduated from Boston University and served as an US Army Reservist during and after college. He has been married 40 years to Francesca, a retired registered nurse with a Master’s Degree in public health nursing and is father to two children: Mary, a college professor and writer, and Jake, an attorney; and four beautiful granddaughters, Elsa, Mavis, Luisa and Nell.