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Oklahoma City (February 2, 2010) - Republican Congressional Candidate Kevin Calvey, seeking Oklahoma’s Fifth District Congressional seat, today commented on President Obama’s budget proposal.

“The budget proposal presented to Congress yesterday by President Obama is more of the same—more failed ‘stimulus’ spending, more irresponsible deficit spending, more tax burden, and more national debt for future generations to pay off,” said Calvey. “Apparently the President hasn’t quite grasped the infamous definition of insanity—doing the same thing over and over again, yet expecting a different result.”

Calvey noted the President’s own budget projections show the deficit reaching $1.6 trillion, an historic level of red ink. Meanwhile, overall spending levels reach a new record high of $3.8 trillion.

“A deficit of $1.6 trillion is the most outrageous example of fiscal irresponsibility this nation has ever seen,” said Calvey.  “Even though President Obama has recently been paying lip service to deficit reduction, his proposals are weak attempts at constrained spending based on flimsy financial assumptions. President Obama seems to be placing his hopes of future deficit reduction on an improving economy, when he should be acting now to reduce the deficit by ending so-called ‘stimulus’ spending and cutting other wasteful, ineffective spending programs.”

Calvey also mentioned the President’s continued reliance on tax increases to generate more revenue for politicians to spend.

“To top it all off, the President is proposing roughly $2 trillion in new taxes through fiscal year 2020,” said Calvey.  “To be sure, tax increases are never good public policy; but to increase taxes in such tough economic times, when families are literally struggling to make their mortgage payments, is poor fiscal policy for America, and very bad news for families.”

Kevin Calvey is a small businessman and a conservative former State Representative from Del City. Kevin volunteered to deploy to Iraq as a Captain in the Army National Guard in 2007, and his mission in Iraq was to prosecute al Qaeda leaders and other terrorists in the Iraqi court system.  Kevin was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service.  Kevin and his wife, Toni, live in Oklahoma City with their baby, Anastasia.

Oklahoma City (February 1, 2010) - In the latest filings with the Federal Elections Commission, Republican candidate Kevin Calvey extended his lead in total receipts, and has more cash available to spend than any other candidate.

Calvey showed total receipts of $188,205 for the quarter ending December 31, 2009.  Total receipts for the campaign stand at $607,649.63.  That figure includes $200,000 in loans from the candidate.

In the most critical measurement of a campaign’s financial viability, Calvey again leads the field with $527,986.21 in available cash-on-hand.  The next-closest candidate reports only $368,886.53 in available cash-on-hand.

“I continue to be humbled by the generous support my campaign has received,” said Calvey. “I’ve received donations from Americans of all walks of life.  The one thing they all have in common is that they support my mission to take our country back from the liberal special interests that are increasing our national debt and trying to socialize our healthcare system.”
 
Kevin Calvey is a small businessman and a conservative former State Representative from Del City. Kevin volunteered to deploy to Iraq as a Captain in the Army National Guard in 2007, and his mission in Iraq was to prosecute al Qaeda leaders and other terrorists in the Iraqi court system.  Kevin was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service.  Kevin and his wife, Toni, live in Oklahoma City with their baby, Anastasia. 

“With the recent announcement that Congress will raise the debt ceiling by 1,900,000,000,000 to 14.3 trillion, a mere freeze on that 17% of the budget which constitutes discretionary spending will have little effect,” said Calvey.  “Instead, we need real cuts in the budget, like ending the TARP bailout and stopping 'stimulus' spending, either of which would save the taxpayers more money than President Obama's proposed 'freeze.'  And we need to end costly pork-barrel earmarks once and for all.”

Calvey noted that Congress recently increased discretionary spending by 28%.

“For President Obama to urge merely a freeze in discretionary spending after proposing the massive spending increase in his now-jeopardized government takeover of health care is like an alcoholic promising in the future to stop after two drinks,” said Calvey. “It is not likely that Obama is sincere in his desire to curb federal spending, and this measure won’t accomplish any meaningful spending reductions anyway.”

Calvey further noted that while President Obama and the current Democrat majority in Congress deserves the bulk of the blame for the massive spending increases, establishment Republicans are not blameless, either.

“The recent election in Massachusetts ought to be a wake-up call to both parties:  STOP INCREASING FEDERAL SPENDING.  It is simply immoral to heap this debt on our children and grandchildren, and it is immoral to inflate the currency and risk people’s savings in order to pay for massive government spending,” said Calvey.

Kevin Calvey is a small businessman and a conservative former State Representative from Del City. Kevin volunteered to deploy to Iraq as a Captain in the Army National Guard in 2007, and his mission in Iraq was to prosecute al Qaeda leaders and other terrorists in the Iraqi court system.  Kevin was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service.  Kevin and his wife, Toni, live in Oklahoma City with their baby, Anastasia. 

Oklahoma City (January 14, 2010) -  Fifth District Congressional Candidate Kevin Calvey (R-Oklahoma City) today announced a protest of tomorrow’s scheduled meeting of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the Oklahoma City area.

“CAIR has been identified by several law enforcement sources as a front group or propagandist for terrorists, including Hamas, and CAIR has been frequently denounced by the Anti-Defamation League for their anti-Semitic and anti-American statements” said Calvey, who prosecuted terrorists while deployed with the Army National Guard in Iraq in 2007-2008.  Calvey was awarded the Bronze Star medal for his service in Iraq.

“Oklahomans should be outraged that a group like CAIR is operating in our midst,” said Calvey.  “I urge fellow Oklahomans to join me in peacefully protesting the CAIR meeting tomorrow night.”

CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in the US Justice Department’s terrorist-financing case against the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation.  The FBI broke official ties to CAIR a little over a year ago due to concerns about CAIR’s ties to Hamas.  See, e.g.:

http://www.adl.org/Israel/cair/default.asp

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/11/fbi-ties-cair-remain-strained-obama-administration/

CAIR, which styles itself as the nation’s largest Islamic advocacy group, announced it will host a “Town Hall” meeting on the subject of airport profiling and security.  The meeting will be held tomorrow, Friday, January 15, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. at Melody Hall, 2280 North Broadway, Moore, Oklahoma.

Calvey urged protesters to arrive early to make their views about terrorism known.  “This is not about protesting Islam.  This is about protesting terrorism.  There are many Muslims who cooperate with America  and our allies in the fight against terrorism,” said Calvey.  “This is about protesting one group that appears intent on pushing propaganda for terrorists and hampering America in the fight against terrorism.

Kevin Calvey is a small businessman and a conservative former State Representative from Del City. Kevin volunteered to deploy to Iraq as a Captain in the Army National Guard in 2007, and his mission in Iraq was to prosecute al Qaeda leaders and other terrorists in the Iraqi court system.  Kevin was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service.  Kevin and his wife, Toni, live in Oklahoma City with their baby, Anastasia. 

(January 16, 2010)

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The tax was proposed earlier this month by Democrat Representative Peter DeFazio, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. If passed, the proposal would create new taxes on stock transactions, futures trading and options contracts.

“This is typical of the liberal Democrat Congress,” said Calvey. “Rather than cutting out wasteful pork projects and ending frivolous earmarks, the Democrats in Congress want to create new taxes for Americans to pay.  As a taxpayer myself, I’m tired of my hard earned dollars being taxed so the politicians in Washington, D.C. can finance their spending addiction. I oppose this new tax and would vote against it if I was in Congress today.”

Supporters of the tax argue that large investors and financial firms would pay the bulk of the new taxes. However, retail investors and small business investors would be footing the bill as well.

Oklahoma City (November 18, 2009) - “Why are President Obama and Congress killing 500 new health-care jobs and $98,000,000 in free-market health care for Oklahoma City veterans and Tinker Air Force Base personnel?” asked Fifth District Congressional candidate Kevin Calvey (R-Oklahoma City) today. “The President says he wants to create jobs, but his plan actually prevents job creation. Just when I thought his socialized medicine plan couldn’t get any worse, I learn about this.”

Calvey’s concern is focused on Pages 481-497 of House Resolution 3962 and page 175 of the Chairman's Mark for the US Senate's "Healthy Futures Act of 2009," the two versions of ObamaCare currently under consideration in Congress.  The provisions in both bills would effectively prohibit the operation of new hospitals in which physicians are investors or owners. If either of the provisions become law, it would kill the planned January 18, 2010 opening of the new South Campus of the Oklahoma Heart Hospital at I-240 and Sooner Road near Tinker Air Force Base.

The new Heart Hospital is a joint venture between Mercy Hospital and private physicians who will treat patients at the new South Campus facility.  It would create 500 new health-care jobs in Oklahoma City.

“ObamaCare rules applied here will hinder access to health care for the many veterans and active-duty military personnel in and around Tinker Air Force Base,” said Calvey. “Our military personnel and veterans deserve access to the best quality health care available.

“In Congress, I will tirelessly fight against arbitrary rules which inhibit free enterprise and kill jobs, especially when such rules have a negative impact on the heroes who are serving or who have served our nation in uniform.”

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