Please sign-on to Chris’s letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi requesting Congress to end their five-week vacation and get back to work to solve America’s energy crisis.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Office of the Speaker
H-232, US Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Speaker Pelosi:
Today, in New York 26th Congressional District taxpayers are paying on average $4.13 for a gallon of gas. Western New Yorkers need help - with gas prices severely impacting family budgets many Western New Yorkers are unable to afford to go on vacation while Congress is enjoying a five-week vacation.
My fellow Western New Yorkers and I respectfully request that you bring Congress back to Washington and get to work for the American people. Congress needs to stop the bickering and work on a bipartisan solution to end our addiction to foreign oil by removing the ban on exploring for oil in the United States.
We need a comprehensive energy policy to solve this crisis. That starts with lessening our dependence on foreign oil, encouraging conservation and developing alternative energies. We need American solutions for American energy that will create American jobs.
I look forward to working with you on behalf of Western New York families in Congress. We appreciate your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Chris Lee
NY-26 Candidate for Congress
We, the undersigned, demand our U.S. Congress return from their five-week vacation to solve the energy crisis now:
My Message
My name is Chris Lee, and I am here because Western New Yorkers are demanding real reform, real change, real leadership and real solutions. Right now Washington, D.C. and Albany are shortchanging us, and that needs to stop! For too long, we have heard about creating jobs, lowering taxes and eliminating needless regulation. Unfortunately, the results have not matched the rhetoric.
That is why today, I announce that I am running for the United States Congress in New York’s 26th District...because together we can fight the way Washington treats Western New York.
We must fight for the jobs of today and the future because that's how we will turn around Western New York.
We need to fight the way our families and small businesses are taxed - Albany and Washington don't know how to say "NO" to higher taxes and more spending.
We need to simplify and lessen the time families and small businesses have to spend filing their taxes. We need real change in the way small businesses and the private sector are treated in Western New York – less red tape and less regulation.
We need to create real opportunities for new jobs. We must get all levels of government to work together with the private sector -- only by working together will we achieve what all Western New Yorkers want - a strong economy and more jobs!
We need opportunities and policies that treat our workers and small businesses fairly and does not punish them for being innovative and entrepreneurial.
So why me? What makes me want to fight for Western New York and for you and your family?
Because Western New York is my home and I want my son's and your children's home and jobs to be right here in Western New York.
Because I was raised here and I am raising my family here.
Because when I had the opportunity I came home because I love it here!
And lastly, because I know what it's like to run a small business in Western New York.
As a general manager of a small business here, I have seen first-hand the devastating impact that government regulations, high taxes and government red tape have had, not just on our businesses, but most importantly on families and small business owners. All of this government red tape has led to a brain drain of our youth, businesses leaving and a decline in our area.
