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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 20th, 2009
SECOND LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN SHOWS REP. STEVE KING’S DEDICATION TO
DISTRACTIONS
Council Bluffs, IA – October 20, 2009 – Rep. King remains focused on partisan distractions instead of
the issues that impact the day-to-day lives of Iowans. First it was the letter writing campaign in favor of
South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson. Now Rep. King has squandered nearly two weeks talking about Kevin
Jennings, assistant deputy secretary of education for the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools.
In the two weeks Steve King has focused on a letter writing campaign concerning a low ranking official
in Washington, D.C., Iowa’s official unemployment rate has continued to close in on 7% and the state
has announced a 10% budget cut that will result in the layoff of thousands of public employees, likely
including the loss of 100 law enforcement officers and thousands of education jobs.
In these two weeks of yet more distractions by Steve King, thousands of Iowans living in the 5th District
either have no access to affordable healthcare or are experiencing the high costs of the current inefficient
healthcare system that Steve King supports.
In these two weeks of yet more distractions by Steve King, thousands of businesses in the 5th District
have experienced difficulty in obtaining financing for new business ventures because of Steve King’s
consistent failure to support sound market practices.
As he stated in his announcement remarks last week, Congressional candidate Mike Denklau is running
to provide leadership focused on the economic needs of Iowans and creating opportunities in the 5th
District. Recognizing the need for new and better jobs in the 5th District, Denklau strongly supports
revitalizing our farming communities through the passage of legislation to expand wind energy
production. Expanding wind energy to 20% of our nation’s electricity generation would bring nearly
60,000 construction jobs to Iowa and create over 9,000 long-term operational jobs that pay upwards of
$20 per hour.
Denklau believes it’s time to move beyond the partisanship that plagues our political system. Western
Iowa and America deserve effective leadership focused on the issues that really matter to our
communities and our businesses.
Contact
Justin Petersen
Denklau for Congress
(712) 256-0742
justin.petersen@denklauforcongress.com
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