" There is a spending problem in Washington that no longer can be swept under the rug. According to the GAO(Government Accounting office) in order for us to sustain spending levels, taxes will have to rise dramatically in subsequent years. We either do something about this now or continue moving towards the soft tyranny of socialism. "
Matt Daly - Candidate for United States Congress

For Immediate Release
Contact: Chris Healy 860-966-8468
March 3, 2010

Healy Praises Himes on Rangel Money; Calls on Courtney, Murphy to Follow</p>

Republican State Party Chairman Chris Healy Wednesday commended U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-CT, for donating campaigns funds to charity that he received from disgraced Congressman Charles Rangel, D-NY, and urged fellow U.S. Reps. Chris Murphy, D-CT and Joe Courtney, D-CT, to do the same.

"Jim Himes made things right by giving away the Rangel money, now it's time for Joe Courtney and Chris Murphy to step up and write some checks to charity," said Healy. "Charlie Rangel has been shaking special interests down and spreading the money around, now it's time to reject that corrupt money."

Rangel announced Wednesday that he would be stepping down temporarily as chairman of the powerful House, Ways and Means Committee.

The 40-year-veteran of Congress has raised and donated millions of dollars over the years to other Democratic candidates and incumbents from his National Leadership PAC, all of the money solicited from the various industries that do business with that committee.

Between the National Leadership PAC and his own reelection campaign committee, Rangel has donated $26,000 to Courtney and $18,000 to Murphy in addition to the $16,000 to Himes since 2002.

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