HORN TO HODES: STOP FINGER POINTING AND START WORKING ON ECONOMIC PROBLEM

30th September 2008

NASHUA –Jennifer Horn, Republican candidate for Congress, released the following statement in response to Paul Hodes’ ducking responsibility for the economic crisis:

Jennifer Horn: “We lost $1.2 trillion yesterday when the stock market plummeted 777 points because this Congress turned a blind eye to this impending economic crisis for two years.  Paul Hodes and the Financial Services Committee have failed to provide any oversight and protection to the American people and their money, instead taking campaign handouts from the special interests regulated by this committee.  They have once again failed the American people and we paid the price.

Now Paul Hodes is playing the finger pointing game.  Paul Hodes sits on the Financial Services Committee and his party controls Congress.  There is no one else to blame for the economic crisis.   That’s just typical Washington politics - try and pass blame instead of finding solutions.  New Hampshire voters didn’t hire you for excuses, they hired you to get something done – be a part of the solution, not part of the problem.

It’s time to get back to work and bring a real solution to the impending credit crunch.  We need to consider options that protect the integrity of the free market and protect the American taxpayer from more debt and higher taxes.  We need solutions that address the problem so that we don’t find ourselves in this situation again.”