Pittsburgh Councilwoman Rudiak to Meet President

Pittsburgh Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak will meet with President Barack Obama and administration members on Friday in Washington, D.C.

“The President has been a steadfast ally of cities in America, but our main streets need help and Republicans in Congress have done nothing but force cut after cut to cities like Pittsburgh,” Rudiak said in a statement.

“We’ve seen cuts to programs that help Pittsburgh with our police protection, street paving, building demolition, youth job programs, economic development, the capital budget, and much more, and I’m looking forward to speaking with the president about how we can restore these programs.”

Rudiak is one of a small number of members of the People for the American Way Foundation’s Young Elected Officials Network, a network of young progressive elected officials, who were invited to the White House.