Re-Elect Elton Gallegly for United States Congress – California 24th District

United States Congressman Elton Gallegly from Simi Valley, California deserves re-election to California’s 24th Congressional District.

Gallegly who has lived in the district for over 40 years is:

• Senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee;
• Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Europe;
• Member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence;
• Has met with more than 50 heads of state, government delegations, or members of foreign legislative bodies here and abroad;
• Senior member of the House Judiciary Committee;
• Vice Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law;
• Senior member of the Natural Resources Committee.

The Ventura County Star, a left-wing leaning district newspaper says the following in their endorsement:

Rep. Gallegly has taken a hard stand against illegal immigration, which many Ventura County voters support. He opposed the Bush administration’s immigration-reform plan, saying it granted amnesty to illegal immigrants.

He also opposed the $700 billion financial bailout plan, stating in an Oct. 3 press release: “The underlying reason for our economic problem is that people are in homes they can’t afford and for which they never should have qualified. This was only compounded by tens of thousands of people, including illegal immigrants, who were given loans without proper scrutiny and often put no money down and made few payments, if any at all. Add to that greedy Wall Street scoundrels, unscrupulous mortgage brokers, and an ocean of consumer debt and it is easier to understand how we got into this mess.” The bailout bill, he said, did not address those problems.

Rep. Gallegly supported President Bush’s decision to go to war in Iraq and he is opposed to pulling out now.

He is in favor of offshore oil drilling and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

After more than two decades in Congress, Mr. Gallegly serves on the Foreign Affairs, Judiciary, Natural Resources and Intelligence committees. He takes constituent service seriously and has the experience and seniority to continue to ably represent Ventura County voters.

Flap agrees and will be casting his vote for his friend and Congressman Elton Gallegly tomorrow.

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