Restoring Ethics and Accountability

I am running for Congress to bring a renewed sense of ethics and independence to Washington. The country we love is being destroyed by the greed of the lobbyists, special interest groups, and multinational corporations. They are ignoring your needs and are getting rich in the process.

I am a patriot and believe in duty, honor and country. But politics today isn’t about what you believe, or how you feel; it’s about money.

Winning a seat in a two media market, gerrymandered district is expensive. It takes millions to pay for advertisements and mailers. That means most candidates end up being dependent on contributions from lobbyists, multinational corporations, political action committees and special interest groups.

Some of the candidates in this race have already taken money from the very special interests that are profiting from sending our jobs and industries to countries like China.

Well, not me.

I will finance this campaign with 3 million dollars of my personal funds. Some will say I am trying to buy a congressional seat. Not so. I am a patriot. This money is an investment in the country I love.

My votes in Congress will be for the people and the people will know who I am and what I stand for - them. They will know that I cannot be bought.

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I know how to fight, but I want this fight to be clean. I pledge not to accept campaign contributions from PACS or Washington lobbyists, and I will take no special interest money.

I implore the other candidates of both parties to join me in this pledge. We must avoid the conflict created between big donations and good public policy and reject any gifts or campaign contributions from the very people who have wrecked our economy.

I also believe we should set a higher ethical standard by banning foreign trips paid for by lobbyists and we should impose a 5-year waiting period before a former Congressman can lobby for any special interest to Congress or the White House.

I am running for Congress not because I want the title, but because I want to do the work. I will not take the annual salary of $160,000. I will work for a dollar a year.

I'm an optimist, but I know I cannot win this fight alone. I won't ask you for your money, but I am asking for your vote and your ideas.

Join the fight for a government that helps people and not those who offshore our jobs and industries.

Join the fight to bring moral integrity, honesty and ethics to Washington.

And most of all – I need you - all of you - to join the fight to Save American Jobs.