The most important vote the next Representative of the 3rd Congressional District will take comes in January, when the U.S. House selects its Speaker. Marie
Gluesenkamp-Perez always gets this vote wrong. Don’t believe me? Ask her who she will vote for.
She will vote for Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). As Speaker, he has enormous influence over committee chairs and a powerful gatekeeping role in deciding which
proposed policies get a House vote—and which are stopped.
As a New York City politician, Jeffries supports expensive energy policies, gun control, redistribution of money, tax policies favoring his constituencies, and more
Washington, D.C., involvement in health care, housing, the environment, education, climate, and agriculture.
He also leads a team comfortable shifting the cost of today’s giveaways to our grandchildren through federal debt.
Jeffries would put these people in charge of key parts of our livelihoods and freedoms:
Jared Huffman (D-CA) would chair the committee overseeing federal natural-resource policy. Huffman favors managing resource production and rural jobs
around conservation, habitat, and climate objectives.
Frank Pallone (D-NJ) would chair the committee overseeing energy, commerce, businesses, and consumer protection. Pallone favors stronger federal consumer
and environmental protections and expansive workplace regulations.
Angie Craig (D-MN) would chair the committee overseeing agriculture—the enterprises that provide our food. Craig favors expanded food assistance and
greater federal regulation of agricultural chemicals, food production, and environmental standards. She also supports year-round E15 ethanol.
Kathy Castor (D-FL) would chair the committee overseeing energy policy. Castor favors stronger federal action on climate change, federal support for green
energy, and greater federal control of energy policy.
Perhaps most important, Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) would chair the committee controlling federal discretionary spending. She views federal spending as an
“investment.” Expanding spending on these agendas threatens future opportunity when we already face a $40 trillion national debt—equivalent to roughly
$300,000 per U.S. household.
Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez can say she is “just like us” in Southwest Washington. But ask her who she will vote for as Speaker of the House, because that is
who you are really voting for.
Jamie Lund,
Centralia
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