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U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett will speak at annual Conservative Political Action Conference or CPAC

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February 22,2016
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Ridgewood NJ, U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett will be on the podium next month at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, joining the Republican presidential candidates and other prominent conservative officials.

Businessman Donald Trump, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are among the past and present GOP presidential candidates on the speakers’ list. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spoke at the conference in 2015.

The invitation comes as Garrett (R-5th Dist.) is precieved to be New Jersey’s most vulnerable congressional incumbent and will face a well-financed Democrat, former Clinton White House speechwriter Josh Gottheimer, this fall. Gottheimer raised $1.4 million last year, which was more than Garrett. Mr Gottheimer is another PR person like Ridgewood Mayor Paul Aronsohn given his disastrous tenure in Ridgewood residents may not share any enthusiasm for the media darling given the bad taste the Jim Mac Greevey mouth piece has left in Ridgewood.

Gottheimer is funded by Big Government donors,who are pro Wall Street bailouts, pro-corporate welfare , pro-crony capitalist types looking to remove the last impediment to getting their hands on more tax payer money.

“It’s not easy being a conservative from New Jersey but Scott Garrett has consistently led on conservative issues,” said Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, which sponsors the annual conference.

Garrett is a co-founder of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative Republicans. He was criticized for reportedly telling his colleagues that he would not support the House Republicans’ fundraising arm because it backed gay candidates.

U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett says criticism of his stance on gay marriage is a distraction from his efforts to improve the economy.

“Hardworking families know that good jobs are still hard to come by and the American Dream is stifled by big government,” Garrett said in a statement announcing his appearance at CPAC. “Our complicated tax code is more punitive than fair, thousands of new regulations bog down innovators, and the nearly $20 trillion national debt is jeopardizing our future. But being a conservative is about solving problems, and that’s why I’m proud to join CPAC to discuss solutions that will jumpstart our economy and return our nation to prosperity.”

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Speaker fight gives Scott Garrett a boost in D.C.

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Rep. Scott Garrett, R-Wantage, talks to West Bergen Tea Party members at their monthly meeting at Larkin House in Wyckoff on Aug. 25, 2015

Speaker fight gives Scott Garrett a boost in D.C.

OCTOBER 11, 2015, 8:39 PM    LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2015, 10:36 PM
BY HERB JACKSON
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In July, moderate Republicans in the House wanted Speaker John Boehner to strip Rep. Scott Garrett, New Jersey’s most conservative congressman, of his subcommittee chairmanship. That effort came a short time after Garrett told Republican leaders that he would not contribute to or raise money for his party’s campaign committee because it supported gay candidates.

But last month, it was Boehner who decided to give up his gavel, and last week the man he favored to succeed him as speaker, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, withdrew his candidacy. A major factor in both events was opposition from the 30 to 40 members of the arch-conservative House Freedom Caucus, co-founded by Garrett.

Now Garrett’s position as chairman of a subcommittee that regulates Wall Street may have become even safer. As a leader of a group the next speaker will be seeking to woo, Garrett appears less likely to face a reprimand for not paying his party dues.

While it could still turn out that moderates get the next speaker to marginalize the power of the Freedom Caucus — Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said Friday that the group “should have been crushed long ago” — the only way a Republican could become speaker without Freedom Caucus votes is by brokering a deal with Democrats.

What is far from clear, however, is whether the leadership battle will provide a long-term political boost to Garrett himself.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/jackson-speaker-fight-gives-scott-garrett-a-boost-in-d-c-1.1430349

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Conservative lawmakers form House Freedom Caucus

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Conservative lawmakers form House Freedom Caucus

BY SUSAN FERRECHIO | JANUARY 26, 2015 | 10:40 AM

A group of the most conservative House lawmakers have formed a new caucus advocating many of the principles supported by the Tea Party movement.

Reps. Scott Garrett, Jim Jordan, and others announced the establishment of the House Freedom Caucus, which the lawmakers said will promote “an agenda of limited, constitutional government in Congress.”

In addition to Garrett of New Jersey, and Jordan of Ohio, the new caucus includes Reps. John Fleming of Louisiana, Matt Salmon of Arizona, Justin Amash of Michigan, Raúl Labrador of Idaho, Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, Ron Desantis of Florida and Mark Meadows of North Carolina.

“The House Freedom Caucus gives a voice to countless Americans who feel that Washington does not represent them,” the lawmakers said in a statement. “We support open, accountable and limited government, the Constitution and the rule of law, and policies that promote the liberty, safety and prosperity of all Americans.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/conservative-lawmakers-form-house-freedom-caucus/article/2559258