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In an April 11 IR front page story, both candidates were asked about water projects. Quist said he would work on clean water for all rural communities, but Gianforte said that the EPA clean water standards are too expensive. Does Gianforte think rural communities should not have safe, clean drinking water?

In TV ads presented by Gianforte he says he wants to drain the swamp, but his party is in control of the swamp in all three federal branches. Is he against the Republican president? The Republican Congress? And now even the conservative supreme court? Quist will at least bring some light to what the Republicans are doing.

Gianforte wants term limits for Congress. Any thinking person in Montana has seen how term limits in our legislature have taken away power from our elected representatives and given it to the agencies and the lobbyists.

Only a rich man would suggest not getting paid until he balanced the budget. Does he mean that only multi-millionaires should serve in Congress? History shows that the Democrats bring down the deficit and the Republicans increase it. This year’s proposed budget for Washington is no exception.

Quist knows how hard it is for working middle class Montanans to make do on a budget.