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Scott Garret Says NO to selling Out America

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Garrett: New Jersey families are frustrated with Washington because of spending bills like this one
Dec 18, 2015
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ-05), a senior Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement after voting against the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill:

“While I strongly support provisions that provide health care to 9/11 first responders and address key vulnerabilities in how we issue visas to foreign visitors, this bloated $1.1 trillion spending bill doesn’t do enough to address our nation’s crippling debt, protect civil liberties, nor strengthen our national security and, therefore, I could not support it. New Jersey families are frustrated with Washington because of spending bills like this that are 2,000 pages long, include new surveillance provisions which were inserted in the middle of the night, lack adequate security from the threat of terrorists seeking to cross our borders, and add to the nearly $20 trillion national debt that is hindering our economy.”

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For Congress: Garrett

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For Congress: Garrett
Posted: Nov 01, 2014 8:51 PM EDT Updated: Nov 01, 2014 8:51 PM EDT

Scott Garrett is routinely characterized as the most conservative member of New Jersey’s House delegation, and maybe of the entire House of Representatives. Voters in New Jersey’s 5th District, which includes most of Sussex County, have elected him to Congress six times. Clearly they feel comfortable with his positions.

Sussex County voters in particular respond to this Wantage resident’s calls to cut spending, reduce taxes, lessen regulation and scale back the federal government’s role in a variety of areas from education to health care, and his full protection of the Constitution.

And Garrett has been consistent in this stance since the beginning, long before much of the Republican Party came around to his way of thinking. He stands by his principles, a too rare trait among politicians.

Garrett’s opponent in Tuesday’s election, Roy Cho, is quite a different animal. His campaign pitch, with its emphasis on infrastructure spending and public-private partnerships, has the tone of a moderate Republican of perhaps a generation or two ago. He’s young, educated and enthusiastic, if inexperienced, and certainly does not have deep roots in our district, having recently moved into it. Cho’s message might have a stronger appeal for the more urban parts of the district, but it doesn’t play as well here in Sussex County.

But while the voters of Garrett’s district invariably come through for him, he could stand to do more for them. His seniority and top committee roles, increasing with each election, should be beneficial to his district.

He admits a preference to working behind the scenes where, without worry of who gets credit, he can accomplish goals over political grandstanding. Consequently, his successes are not clearly communicated to his constituency. In a meeting with the Herald’s editorial board he indicated openness to, if not enthusiasm for, a forum such as a town hall meeting.

Garrett is unlikely to modify his essential conservative approach to governing, and voters thank him for that at the ballot box.

Garrett represents the thinking of a lot of Sussex County residents. The Herald endorses him for a seventh term in Congress.

https://www.njherald.com/story/27184627/2014/11/01/for-congress-garrett-frelinghuysen

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Cho endorsement not compelling

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Cho endorsement not compelling

Regarding “Cho in the 5th” (Editorials, Oct. 26):

Richard Cornwell

The Record’s endorsement of Roy Cho over Rep. Scott Garrett, R-Wantage, was neither logical nor compelling. The editorial described Garrett as intelligent, well-versed in issues and deeply committed to the principle of limited government (sounds good to me), while admitting that Cho is a political novice who lacks governmental experience and whose belated permanent residency in Hackensack is a murky and embarrassing issue. Hmm, there must be a “but” here somewhere.The editorial laments Garrett’s adherence to his convictions: If only Garrett were to recognize that he was sent to Washington to “get things done.” In fact, Congress does more harm than good. I, for one, would like to see him undo some things. Cho, it seems, would like to extend the federal government’s reach.

I found particularly unsavory the implication that Garrett is opposed to a safety net for society’s most vulnerable. That slur warrants a retraction.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/opinion/opinion-letters-to-the-editor/the-record-letters-tuesday-oct-28-1.1119426#sthash.4vxZtN5A.dpuf