Brad Ellsworth in Survey of 2006 House campaign websites


On Corporations: Bad trade agreements are sweetheart deals for corporations

I’ll protect our jobs. American jobs belong in America. We need more of them. Bad trade agreements and corporate giveaways are just sweetheart deals for big corporations that don’t need them.
Source: 2006 House campaign website, ellsworthforcongress.com Nov 7, 2006

On Crime: Meth labs & coarse culture threaten our communities

I’ll protect our communities. I’ve been a cop for almost 25 years now, and today we face challenges I would have never dreamed of when I started. I know better than most the dangers that threaten to break up our communities: a coarse popular culture that assaults the values we try to teach our children, meth labs popping up near our schools, and gangs moving in from the big cities because they smell opportunity. I’m going keep on fighting these things with the same passion I’ve had for the last 25 years.
Source: 2006 House campaign website, ellsworthforcongress.com Nov 7, 2006

On Government Reform: Pass new ethics laws, but must also replace the lawbreakers

Listening to all this nonsense about lobbyists buying Congressmen and people switching their vote because someone wrote them a check, you’d think Washington was the most corrupt city in America. But the real problem isn’t in the laws, it’s in the criminals. We can pass new laws, and we will; but until we replace the people committed to breaking the law, we’ll never have real reform. Congress doesn’t belong to the politicians & it certainly doesn’t belong to the criminals. Congress belongs to us.
Source: 2006 House campaign website, ellsworthforcongress.com Nov 7, 2006

On Immigration: Tighten our borders & enforce the laws

We face a national crisis when it comes to illegal immigration. Part of it is our own making. When we capture illegals here in Vanderburgh County, INS tells us there’s no place to put them. That’s not right. It’s also not right when an Indiana employer passes over an American for a job only because an illegal worker is cheaper. We need to tighten our borders, enforce the laws we have, and punish employers who break them. This is about economic security as much as it is national security.
Source: 2006 House campaign website, ellsworthforcongress.com Nov 7, 2006

On Principles & Values: The church helps all of us decide who we are

I’ll protect our families. In my house, we were raised by my parents, not our television. Strong communities are anchored in strong families. I learned that church is about our community as much as it is our faith. This is important in this community and it’s important in my family. The church helps all of us decide who we are. We’re all weak in our own ways, but I believe that none of us is so weak that we’re beyond hope. The church has guided my life and my career.
Source: 2006 House campaign website, ellsworthforcongress.com Nov 7, 2006

On Social Security: Privatization removes the guarantee and reduces the benefit

I’ll protect Social Security. Social Security is a guaranteed benefit. Privatization removes the guarantee and reduces the benefit. I will work to strengthen Social Security and oppose any plan that threatens it.
Source: 2006 House campaign website, ellsworthforcongress.com Nov 7, 2006

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