Cory believes in economic justice and the fundamental promise that if you work hard in America, America should work for you. His work as a Mayor and U.S. Senator has focused on the singular goal of fostering greater economic mobility and opportunity for all Americans. Toward this end, Cory has advocated for innovative policy measures to reward work through higher wages and better benefits, advance entrepreneurship and innovation in every corner of the country, and crack down on the soaring cost of rent and predatory practices like overdraft fees and outsourcing, that disproportionately hurt low-income Americans. He is also the author of landmark “baby bonds” legislation to fight intergenerational poverty and the enormous racial wealth gap by providing every American seed money at birth.He championed the expansion of theEarned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit, which benefited tens of millions of everyday American families, covering almost 90 precent of children, and cut child poverty nearly in half.