Joe Shannon will be our candidate for Congress in the 13th Congressional District in November.  In order that we can all get to know him, he offers this list of targeted (and laudable, I suggest) achievements...

ACHIEVEMENTS BY 2015

• Members of Congress analyze legislation with one question in mind:  Is this law good for American workers and American businesses?
• Every American has access to affordable healthcare and our businesses compete with other countries on a level playing field
• Energy Independent Thriving America
• We are working with our allies to make a more secure America.
• Every student who works hard (regardless of economic status) has the real opportunity to afford a college education.  
• We’re graduating ten times more engineers and scientists than today.
• Americans are innovating and making products and machines here in America
• Members of Congress are leaders and are not being told what to do by lobbyists 
• The minimum wage is increased so people can earn a decent wage
• Our government seeks to help ordinary people even though they don’t have a lobbyist in Washington
• Our public servants, our teachers, policeman, firemen, social workers are honored and respected for their selfless service
• The people who construct our homes, schools, power lines, irrigation systems, water systems, pipelines, factories, and all infrastructure are honored and respected for this public service 
• The food and commercial workers who make sure we put meals on the table are honored and respected
• Our communities become more giving to each other and recognize that we are all Americans
• We reestablish our country as the role model for the world
• We recognize our greatest generation and include them in our education system to provide wisdom and perspective to our children