New England College Hosts Rick Santorum at ECON-101 Town Hall Meeting

New England College will host former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum at a special ECON-101 Town Hall meeting on Thursday, April 14 from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. The ECON-101 Town Hall meeting, sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement at New England College, will be held in the Simon Center at 98 Bridge Street and is free and open to the public.

The ECON-101 series of Town Hall meetings provides an opportunity for political candidates to discuss their economic plan for America. Senator Santorum will describe his proposal to encourage job growth, cut the national debt, reduce government spending, and to explain his funding priorities. Following the 20-minute presentation of his economic plan, Senator Santorum will take questions from the audience for approximately 30 minutes. The program will close with a five-minute statement by Senator Santorum.

Rick Santorum served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995 and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994. He was re-elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000 and served until 2007. In 2000, he was selected as the Republican Conference chairman and held the position from 2001-2007.

While in Congress, Santorum and six colleagues exposed the House Banking and House Post Office scandals. He was one of the authors of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act which moved millions of recipients from the welfare rolls to the workforce. He also authored legislation that outlawed partial birth abortions and he authored the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, and the Combating Autism Act. Senator Santorum is an advocate for reforming the country’s Social Security system.  He is also the author of the Syrian Accountability Act and the Iran Freedom and Support Act.

Rick Santorum graduated with a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University in 1980. He received his M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981 and his J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law in 1986. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good.