For Immediate ReleaseApril 8, 2008Contact: Dr. P. Kelly HatfieldPhone: 908-522-1455   kellyhatfield@hatfield2008.com Hatfield 2008 Campaign Releases Notes on Issues of Concern to NJ Residents  

Summit - Today, Dr. P Kelly Hatfield, Republican candidate for Congress representing New Jersey’s Seventh Congressional District released the following statements on issues concerning New Jersey residents:

• “The most important issue facing our nation is our national security; I will work to ensure that our country, our families and our Troops are safe at home and abroad.”

• “Having signed the Americans for Tax Reform no new taxes pledge I believe that our government must practice fiscal responsibility and our families to keep more of the money that they earn also our tax system must be clearer, simpler and fairer.“

• “Government overspending has led to deficits and an increasing national debt; I believe that if families and towns have to balance their budget, so should congress. Also, a 3/5 supermajority vote requirement for any new taxes will make it harder for Congress to raise taxes.”

• “Supporting a pro-growth tax policy rewards rather than penalizes productivity; we must create a long range incentive plan to keep jobs from going overseas and out of state including cutting the corporate tax rate and investing in math and science education to prepare our students to compete in a global market.”

• “Improvements are needed in the accessibility cost and delivery of health care in the United States. Only when health insurers have to compete for customers in the free market will they provide the highest quality service and the most affordable care.”

• “Immigrants founded and built this great nation, but the problem today is that illegal immigration is putting stress on our hospitals, schools and national security, we must secure our borders both physically and with technology to stop illegal entry. Anyone who wants to come to this county should have to follow our laws.”

Dr. Hatfield is a thirty-year resident of Summit, NJ and has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in community and public service. Hatfield was elected to three terms on Summit’s Common Council where she served as Chair of the Public Finance Committee during all three terms as well as Council President and as Mayor Pro Tempore. During her tenure, Hatfield worked to preserve 68 acres of forested watershed as open space and had it designated as a critical environmental site. She served from ’91 to ’96 on the Summit Board of Education, including terms as President and Vice President and was appointed to the NJ Legislative Special Education Funding Task Force. Currently she serves on the Board of Directors of Bethel Ridge and as a Trustee of the Morris-Union Jointure Commission Educational Foundation.

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