As the Republican leader of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, he was in charge when earmarks for the “Bridge to Nowhere” and Coconut Road, were almost passed.

He voted twice for the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, the results of which we are all suffering from now. That one bill deregulated the energy futures market, which allowed Enron to operate free from federal regulation. It also deregulated financial instruments such as collateralized debt obligations, which are at the core of our subprime mortgage crisis today.

John Mica’s poor judgment in voting for that bill is also responsible for your gas bill surging. The Senate investigated the rigging of the oil market by speculators in the summer of 2006. They determined that market speculation contributed to rising oil and gasoline prices, perhaps accounting for $20 out of a $70 barrel of oil. As much as 60% of today’s crude oil price is pure speculation driven by large investment banks and hedge funds.

Lastly, considering that the District is comprised of approximately 17% veterans, John Mica just voted against the GI Bill. The same GI Bill that he was a co-sponsor of. He was for the GI Bill before he was against it. Apparently he doesn’t think that today’s men and women of the armed forces deserve the same benefits that sent President George H.W. Bush, President Gerald Ford, President Jimmy Carter & Senator Bob Dole to college.



That is why we need Faye Armitage elected to represent FL-07 in Congress.



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