Linda Stender for Congress

MIKE FERGUSON'S WORDS DON'T MATCH
HIS RECORD
Mike Ferguson Makes False Claims on His Record,
Claims that Taxes Will Be Center Issue Of Election

Scotch Plains, NJ -- In a Sunday Courier News article titled "Ferguson Hoping to Stand on Record," Rep. Mike Ferguson mistakenly claimed that he has stood against drilling in the Artic Wildlife Refuge for oil. In the article, Ferguson claims, "I've opposed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve. That's something that our Republican leadership and the president have been very strongly trying to encourage. I've opposed it every step of the way."

However, last year Ferguson voted for HR 6 that intended to overhaul the nation's energy policy and provide for approximately $8 billion in energy-related tax incentives. This bill also authorized the Interior Department to hold a lease sale for oil and has exploration, development, and production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.

"To make statements like 'I opposed it every step of the way' is deceitful, and a weak attempt to mask his own record by misleading the voters," said Linda Stender campaign manager Ed Oatman. "The fact of the matter is that Mike Ferguson has not voted in ways that best represent the people of the 7th District and tries to mislead the people by lying about his record. People aren't buying it," stated Oatman.

The article, which ran on October 22, showcased Ferguson in which he said that his voting record will be the reason why he will return to Congress next year. He addressed several issues in the article, most notably taxes.

"It's very ironic that Ferguson says that Linda is a spender, when he and his Republican colleagues in Congress have done the remarkable job of changing the biggest surplus to the biggest deficit in our country's history," said Oatman. "Our country faces record debt due to his fiscal recklessness, and I think the people are sick of it."

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