RICK BART FILES FOR CONGRESS TODAY

Olympia, WA...Retired Snohomish County Sheriff and Candidate for 2nd Congressional District Rick Bart issued the following statement regarding his declaration of candidacy for Congress:

"This campaign for Congress is going to be about trust; about getting things done and about leadership. When I became Sheriff, I learned quickly to gain and keep the trust of the people. Without it, the Sheriff's office has nothing. All of our authority comes from the people and Congress
is no different! Without our trust, Congress has nothing. Their authority comes from the people they serve.

"Right now, most people don't trust Congress. Why? Because nothing is getting done and our problems are going unsolved. They are not only going unsolved, they are getting worse! They are not working together to solve those problems. Instead, Congress keeps hiking our taxes,  gas prices continue to soar, and record numbers of Americans are losing their homes to foreclosure."

Our country is a nation that consumes too much, saves too little and has to borrow huge amounts of money from abroad to finance our fiscal and trade deficits. Both political parties must begin to work together to solve this crisis now! The finger pointing and political posturing of the past several years has done nothing to resolve this very real threat. Inaction by Congress is threatening our quality of
life."