For Immediate Release: July 29, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 With Congressman Charlie Rangel formally charged with 13 counts of breaking House Ethics rules, it’s time to ask the question again: Why is Congressman Kagen keeping all this dirty money? “We should demand more of our elected officials and Congressman Kagen’s refusal to return $21,000 he received from Charlie Rangel is not what Wisconsin residents deserve,”...

For Immediate Release: July 20, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 Democrat ‘jobs’ policies bring few to WI, but record numbers to Washington (Green Bay, WI) – Earlier this week Politico ran an article detailing economic growth and federal spending in Washington, D.C since the beginning of the recession. To paraphrase authors Jim VandeHei and Zachary Abrahamson, new regulations and expansion of the federal government, pushed by...

For Immediate Release: July 8, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 Ribble Gets Over Twice the Number of Signatures Required; On The Ballot For Wisconsin 8th Congressional District Race The Reid Ribble Campaign for Congress officially submitted nomination papers to the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. Ribble submitted more than twice the required amount of signatures to place his name on the ballot for the Eight Congressional...

For Immediate Release: July 6, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 Today, Wisconsin Right to Life endorsed Reid Ribble’s campaign for Congress against Dr. Steve Kagen. “I am deeply privileged and honored to receive this endorsement. Wisconsin Right to Life has a proven track record of defending life, from conception to natural death,” Ribble stated. Ribble has actively participated in religious and philanthropic organizations –...

For Immediate Release July 2, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Labor released their monthly unemployment numbers, showing that the U.S. economy shed 125,000 jobs in June. However, the unemployment rate dropped to 9.5 percent from 9.7 percent in June. This drop is largely attributed to the amount of discouraged workers who stopped looking for work. “The latest unemployment report shows exactly how...

For Immediate Release: June 30, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 President Obama visited the Racine area today to discuss his plan to create jobs and grow the economy in Wisconsin and the rest of the country. “After being in office for over 18 months, passing the $787 billion “stimulus” package and massive omnibus spending bills, Wisconsin has lost over 72,000 jobs, and President Obama, Steve Kagen, and other congressional...

For Immediate Release: June 28, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 The Fox Valley Initiative (FVI), an Appleton group of citizens dedicated to preserving freedom, integrity, and accountability in government held an online straw poll for their members last week for the 8th Congressional race. Overwhelmingly, FVI members chose Reid Ribble, a former small business owner. With 56.4% of the vote, Ribble received more votes than all the other...

For Immediate Release: June 24, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 Last week, Dr. Steve Kagen announced his support to help small businesses by lowering their tax requirements and easing their access to credit.1 It’s interesting to see Kagen aiding Wisconsin small business, because since Kagen was elected in 2006, federal figures show that Wisconsin has actually lost 6,700 businesses.2 In contrast to the last four years, before Kagen...

For Immediate Release: June 22, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 Congress: We Won’t Pass A Budget This Year More “fiscal responsibility” from Washington we simply cannot afford House Democrats will announce later today that they intend to not propose a budget resolution – the first time since the 1974 Budget Act was signed into law. Instead, they plan to offer a “functional equivalent” of a regular budget...

For Immediate Release: June 21, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 Robert Keller, Chairman and CEO of J. J. Keller & Associates, endorsed Reid Ribble’s campaign for Congress today. Keller heads one of the largest safety and regulatory compliance firms in the nation. J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. is based in Wisconsin. “I have over forty years of experience ensuring that Wisconsin businesses are following safety...