Mary Beth Harrell For Congress, District 31

Her website is up, Mary Beth Harrell For Congress, thanks, Kuff. As he points out, I also believe an important area where Mary Beth Harrell has a great opportunity is to take a significant portion of the military vote from Carter becuase of the credibility on military issues her life as a military wife and mother has given her. This from her bio:

Mary Beth Harrell embodies the mainstream values and middle-class work ethic of central Texas. As the wife of a retired military officer and mother of two active-duty soldiers in the war on terrorism, she is running to restore the kind of accountability, integrity, and faith in the future the citizens of Central Texas demand – and deserve.

Be sure and read the whole bio because I don't mean to imply, that those are her only credetntials to run for Congress, she is definitely about much more than that. Here are the questions she wants answered in the course of this campaign:

I will be asking some important questions:

• Are our elected representatives working and playing by the same rules they set for us, or do they consider themselves above those rules?

• Are special interests and big corporations paying their fair share of taxes or are they allowed to shift their profits and our jobs overseas as they please?

• Why is Washington breaking faith with middle-class families by seeking to privatize social security and public education?

• Why have our elected representatives effectively closed the courthouse doors to medical malpractice lawsuits and class action lawsuits that help middle-class families hold wrongdoers accountable?

• Has the invasion and continued occupation of Iraq at a cost of almost $200 billion and over 1800 American lives made us any safer here at home from the threat of terrorist attacks?

• Why are we paying record prices at the gas pump while Texas, a world-class leader in oil and gas production, continues to have a budget shortfall?

• Aren't clean air, clean water, and safe food the least you should be able to expect from the government you pay for with your taxes?

So I look forward to hearing your answers and best ideas as we middle-class families move forward – together.

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