CCAGW PAC Endorses Chris Hackett for Pennsylvania's 10th District

Washington, D.C. - The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Political Action Committee (CCAGW PAC) today announced its endorsement of Chris Hackett for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District.  Mr. Hackett is running in the Republican primary against Dan Meuser.  The winner will challenge incumbent Rep. Chris Carney (D-Pa.) in November.

“Chris Hackett is a true fiscal conservative who has pledged to reduce the size of government by working to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse,” CCAGW PAC Chairman Tom Schatz said.  “He understands the critical need to end Congress’s addiction to spending and earmarking.”

Mr. Hackett is the only candidate for the 10th Congressional District in Pennsylvania to sign the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Earmark Reform Pledge.  The pledge features ten principles designed to bring increased transparency and accountability to the spending process.  Rep. Carney voted against a year-long earmark moratorium in the House that would have given members time to reform the process, devote more effort to critical issues, and help keep money in taxpayers’ wallets instead of being diverted to Washington to be converted into pork.  In fiscal year 2008, pork-barrel spending ballooned to 11,612 projects costing $17.2 billion.

In his CCAGW PAC Candidate Questionnaire, Chris Hackett pledged support for taxpayer-friendly initiatives such as budget and earmark reform, tax cuts, a Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights, and the line-item veto.  Mr. Hackett’s experience as a businessman, entrepreneur, and Certified Public Accountant give him the skills necessary to tackle some of Washington’s biggest spending problems.

“Chris Hackett has the ability to lead Congress to improve the future economic outlook.  America needs leaders who say ‘no’ to the continuing spending and pork-fest in Washington.  Chris Hackett will work in the best interests of Pennsylvania’s 10th District and taxpayers nationwide,” Schatz concluded.

CCAGW PAC is affiliated with the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, a 501(c)(4) organization.  CCAGW PAC’s mission is to support political candidates who will fight to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in government and represent the best interests of taxpayers.