Why I’m running for Congress

South Jersey is getting left behind. Too many people can’t find work and have had to take jobs with less pay. Wages for workers are declining, and have been for decades. Women still don’t make the same pay as men for doing the same job. We have the highest rate of foreclosures in New Jersey. Students and seniors alike are leaving our state in droves.

In short, our economy is broken, and real people — our family, friends, and neighbors — are paying for it.

Despite two decades in office, Congressman Frank LoBiondo has failed to deliver. At the peak of the recession, when laid off workers needed an extension on unemployment benefits, where was he? Every two years, he campaigns promising new technology jobs — where are they? He says he’s independent, but he had no problem voting with his party to shut down the federal government — twice. He’s collected $3.5 million in salary and passed only three bills, one of which was to name a building.

Now his party in Atlantic County has endorsed Donald Trump for president — a man whose four casino bankruptcies left thousands of workers and small businesses out to dry. Trusting Donald Trump to fix the economy is like asking Chris Christie to fix a traffic jam. It’s just not going to happen.

We need a vision to get South Jersey back on track.

I’m running for Congress, because I believe that every child born in our country deserves a fair shot at success, regardless of who her parents are or where she’s born. To get there, we need an economy that works for our families, the best public schools and higher education, and modern transportation and communications infrastructure to connect our region and the world.

We can put people back to work by making common-sense investments.

We can build a modern, more inclusive economy, but we have to work together. I need you with me in this campaign. We need to hold LoBiondo, and his allies like Trump and Christie accountable. And we need to make sure the voters know we’re working for them.

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