Dennis Shulman for U.S. Congress: Sensible Leadership for New Jersey’s 5th District

September 8th, 2008

Voters across the district join Shulman in his call for change, expressing their disappointment and frustration with Washington’s corrupt special interest culture.

Contact: Jeff Hauser, (201) 767-8162, jeff@shulmanforcongress.com

Ringwood, Wantage, Phillipsburg, Tenafly, NJ - Dennis Shulman, the Democratic nominee in New Jersey’s Fifth Congressional District (NJ-5), continued his Listening Tour at a number of stops throughout the district this weekend.  Meeting with voters at the Ringwood Public Library, at the home of William Bolella in Wantage, at Heckman House in Phillipsburg, and at the home of Max Basch in Tenafly, Shulman spoke with NJ-5 residents about the many problems affecting their daily lives.

“The residents of New Jersey’s Fifth District are fed up with the special interest culture that pervades Washington and prevents the government from doing the job it should be doing - standing up for taxpayers.  Career politician Scott Garrett, and the corrupt special interests for which he works, have raked in the cash while Americans struggle to put food on their tables, fill their gas tanks, and pay their bills.  When I’m in Congress, I pledge to never become a career politician who puts Big Oil and Countrywide Financial above the citizens I’m supposed to represent.”

Garrett has taken over $69,000 in contributions from Big Oil and, in turn, gave the oil & gas industry billions of dollars in tax breaks and voted against renewable energy programs that would have put us on the path to energy independence.  Garrett has also taken $7,500 from Countrywide Financial and has put its former lobbyist on the government payroll as his Chief of Staff.

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*http:/www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cid=N00000743&cycle=Career

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