~From the desk of the Candidate~

Press Release

With a national debt of 9.5 trillion dollars, every man, woman, and child in America has a mortgage of over $30,000 owed on behalf of our government. 11th District Republican Congressional Candidate Carl Mumpower has embraced fighting waste as one of his 5 priorities as a member of Congress and has announced his "Wounded Eagle Award" as one means of drawing attention to those responsible for that waste. Winners will be sent a formal award certificate with an attached American Eagle Silver coin that symbolizes the harms of deficit and inflationary spending. The first award went out today.

"I am a big fan of William Proxmire - a hard working Democrat - who fought waste for years through his "Golden Fleece" Award and willingness to confront his colleagues in Washington," said Mumpower. "He also refused to play the money game and obligate himself to the special interests who fund most candidates in America. I walk my own path - as a hard working Republican - but I believe this gentleman was on to something, and I intend to borrow from his good example as a means to stop our country's borrowing nonsense from China and other landlords of America's future."

The first Wounded Eagle Award by Mumpower has been conferred to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "On the eve of the first check going out through the Economic Recovery Plan she championed as leader of the House, I can think of no one more deserving of the honor," said Mumpower. "This crisis effort to compensate for years of poor leadership with a quick infusion of borrowed money is more realistically an economic stimulus package for China and reelection support for the very people responsible for our current economic woes."

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