Update on Fiegen announcement of Friday Aug. 14:

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Thought some of you may want to attend an event:
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8/13/09

Tom Fiegen, 307 Second Avenue, Clarence, Iowa 52216

Fiegen for U.S. Senate
P.O. Box 279
Clarence, Iowa 52216

Contact: Tom Fiegen [phone] or [e-mail]

For Immediate Release

CLARENCE, IA – Tom Fiegen will formally announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Friday, August 14, 2009, at press conferences in Tipton, Davenport, Cedar Rapids and Des Moines.

Fiegen, a former state senator, is an attorney and economist who represents family farms and small businesses in bankruptcy court. He is making jobs and financial security for families the priority of his campaign for the Democratic nomination for the seat held for almost 30 years by Charles Grassley.

The schedule for press conferences:
-- 8 a.m., Tipton, Free Speech area of the Cedar County Courthouse lawn.
-- 10 a.m., Davenport, 901 Tremont Ave.
-- 1 p.m., Cedar Rapids, Green Square Park.
-- 4 p.m., Des Moines, front of Iowa Workforce Development building, 430 E. Grand Ave.

In his prepared remarks, Fiegen will make the economic issues of full employment, health care for all who need it, and a ban on financial piracy the centerpieces of his campaign. Fiegen has labeled his economic platform as “Fiegenomics.”

“Before we can solve our other problems, we need to create enough new jobs in America that everyone who wants to work can get a job,” said Fiegen, who is calling for a renewal of the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act.

Fiegen believes that based upon his bankruptcy practice this past year that the incumbent U.S. Senator is disconnected from economic reality, and is more concerned about Wall Street than working Iowans.

“The incumbent Senator has made the claim that 10 percent unemployment is not really that bad,” said Fiegen. “That might be true if you are worth a couple of million dollars and have had a good-paying federal job since 1975, like Senator Grassley. It is not true for the struggling and unemployed Iowans that I represent.”

Fiegen defeated a five-term incumbent for the Iowa State Senate in 2000. Fiegen, 50, resides in Clarence and practices bankruptcy law in Cedar Rapids. Fiegen has his law degree and masters degree in economics from the University of Iowa, and has also taught college-level economics.

Fiegen has four grown children and is a member of St. Mary’s Parish and the Lions Club in Tipton.