Nobody wants an unstable banking system.” ![]() “As far as I can tell, there’s a huge commonality of interests between radically different levels of affluence,” he said. Himes said he often is asked how it’s possible to represent a population with such a wide range in income and wealth disparity. This fall, Himes, a former Wall Street banker, won an eighth term representing Connecticut’s 4th Congressional District, which includes Westport and other wealthy suburbs and the city of Bridgeport, home to starkly different economic and social challenges. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, Himes said, “They radically changed the way a congressional committee communicates with the American public - and we did the same thing with this documentary.” House select committee investigating the Jan. “But when you’re talking about people and their hopes to better themselves economically, you can tell some wonderful stories.”ĭrawing a parallel to the U.S. “It’s pretty hard to tell stories and to be evocative about tax policy,” Himes said. ![]() ![]() After his parents died, Graham worked to complete his undergraduate and master’s degrees, but grief made it challenging.Īctress Sarah Jessica Parker narrates the film, acknowledging briefly in the introduction that her own family faced financial difficulties during her childhood. The 30-minute documentary, “Grit & Grace: The Fight for the American Dream,” features three families facing varied economic challenges - a North Carolina man grieving his parents while working to finish college, a family caring for twin sons with special needs in West Virginia and an immigrant mom in California who struggled to keep her business afloat during COVID.Ī scene from “Grit & Grace:” Joseph Graham, Jr. “One of the reasons we get screwed up in Washington is we stop thinking about real people and we start thinking about stereotypes … That destroys your ability, destroys the empathy that is required to be thoughtful about trying to help real people.” “I’m just enormously happy with the outcome of the committee,” Himes said.
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