MITT ROMNEY ANNOUNCES SUPPORT OF KENTUCKY
CONGRESSMEN ROGERS AND WHITFIELD
Boston, MA – Mitt Romney today
announced the endorsements of Kentucky Congressmen Hal Rogers and Ed
Whitfield.
“I am proud to announce the support of Congressmen Hal Rogers and Ed
Whitfield,” said Mitt Romney. “They share my goals of lessening the
regulatory burden on small business and getting our exploding deficits
under control. They also share my goal of making our country energy
independent. I look forward to working with them to help ensure
Kentucky’s leading role in providing energy and jobs for our country.”
“Governor Romney is the right man for the job in the White House,” said
Congressman Hal Rogers. “We need proven leadership to get our economy
back on track and spur real job creation in the Commonwealth. At the
hands of President Obama, Kentucky has been besieged by burdensome
red-tape, out-of-control bureaucracies, and ill-advised bailouts left
to our children to finance. Kentucky and our country cannot
afford to continue on this path. Instead, Mitt Romney has laid out a
comprehensive economic plan that gets Main Street rolling again,
lessens the tax burden on working families and encourages small
business growth and innovation to create real, private sector jobs. His
successful business and government experience leave Mitt well prepared
to tackle the economic and security challenges ahead. I am proud to
support him.”
Announcing his support, Congressman Ed Whitfield said, “At a time when
our economy is struggling, we need a serious leader who understands how
to grow the private sector, not the government. President Obama’s
job-killing regulations have failed to get millions of unemployed
Americans back to work. From his time as a businessman, Mitt Romney
knows what it takes to create jobs and economic growth. As Governor of
Massachusetts, he applied his conservative free market principles to
government and it worked: he was able to balance the budget without
raising taxes, leaving office with a sizable Rainy Day Fund. Washington
needs this kind of leadership today.”
Background
On Representatives Rogers and Whitfield:
Congressman Hal Rogers Represents
Kentucky’s 5th Congressional District. Rogers has served since
1981 and serves as Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
During his time in Congress, Rogers has been one of the foremost
advocates for Appalachia.
Congressman Ed Whitfield Represents
Kentucky’s 1st Congressional District. First elected in 1994,
he serves on the Committee on Energy and Commerce and is the Chairman
of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Prior to entering Congress,
Whitfield served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and in the
U.S. Army Reserves. He also practiced law and was Legal Counsel to the
Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission.