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“With enough votes now counted to make the outcome of this election clear, I want to thank all who supported me and worked so hard on behalf of this campaign. I will be forever grateful for your trust and your friendship. While this was certainly not the outcome we were hoping for, I am proud of the campaign that we put forward and the incredible team we assembled. Getting to speak with tens of thousands of people throughout Burlington, Mercer, and Monmouth Counties has only reaffirmed for me my calling for service. Our conversations, and their lasting impact on me, will not be forgotten.
This election has shown once again how deeply divided our country has become and the magnitude of the problems we are facing. As we move forward, with what appears to be a new majority in the House, we must find ways to work together toward common goals like reducing inflation and keeping our communities safe. I congratulate Congressman Andy Kim and stand ready to work with him in that effort.”
For Immediate Release Contact: Theresa Velardi (732) 682-8923
MOORESTOWN, NJ – Burlington County business owner and Republican candidate for Congress Bob Healey today issued the following statement:
“Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s endorsement of my campaign is of course a personal honor, but it also makes an important statement that individuals from all sides of the political arena understand – that to change Congress we need to change who is in Congress, and that starts with retiring Andy Kim’s ‘party over the people’ representation. I am thrilled Tulsi Gabbard has joined Team Healey because she personifies the independent, strong voice that our district deserves but has not had over the last four years.”
Tulsi Gabbard served as U.S. Representative for Hawaii’s 2nd District from 2013-2021.
In her endorsement of Bob Healey, former Rep. Gabbard said, “Bob Healey is a business owner, yoga instructor, and former punk rocker – but most importantly, he is stepping up to serve the people of New Jersey and be their champion in Washington. Bob is a thoughtful, independent-minded person, and unlike his opponent, Bob will never be a rubber stamp for any political party or special interest. I’m supporting Bob because he is committed to protecting our freedoms and upholding our Constitution, placing the wellbeing of the people of this country above all else.”
“Tulsi’s support shows our campaign is poised for victory because we have been listening to the voters and we represent the desperate change Third District voters are looking for. I believe our District is as anxious to see that change as I am,” said Healey.
For Immediate Release Contact: Theresa Velardi (732) 682-8923
MOORESTOWN, NJ – Burlington County business owner and Republican candidate for Congress Bob Healey today issued the following statement:
“As this campaign draws to a close, I am extremely encouraged by the hard working, law-abiding citizens of Mercer, Monmouth and my home county of Burlington, who remain optimistic that the economic mess we currently face can be changed if we change the people making policy in Washington.
The Congressman has been ‘Andy One-Note’ in this campaign, failing to speak out –let alone offer any real solutions– to the ever-rising gas and grocery prices, and the increase in crime that plagues his constituents.
But for those who need any more evidence that Andy Kim has failed us as our representative in Congress, here are five reasons to retire Andy:
5) Andy’s campaign has been out-of-touch, offering no solutions or even comments on voter concerns about crime, inflation, border security, gas prices.
On November 8, despite all the negative advertising Andy Kim has leveled against me, voters won’t be fooled into returning Andy to Congress as their representative.”
See next page, for complete listing of the 22 Reasons Third District Voters Will Retire Rep. Kim from Congress in 2022.
22 Reasons Voters Will Retire Rep. Kim from Congress in 2022…
Andy’s group Rise Stronger listed a book by a convicted cop killer in their “Library of Resistance”. (Source: Rise Stronger listed “We Want Freedom: A Life in the Black Panther Party” by Mumia Abu-Jamal in The Library of Resistance.)
Andy’s voted to slash the National Defense Budget 8.5% threatening the Joint Base. (Source: “Kim votes to cut DOD budget”, Roll Call 317 | Bill Number: H. R. 7900, https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022317?Page=2, 6/14/2022)
Andy Kim has shown himself to be a slick politician who talks like a moderate back home, but whose votes and actions prove he is wildly out-of-step with mainstream Democrats, Independents, and Republicans in Burlington, Monmouth, and Mercer Counties.
For Immediate Release Contact: Theresa Velardi (732) 682-8923
MOORESTOWN, NJ – Healey for Congress Campaign Manager Theresa Furmato Velardi today issued the following statement:
“Today, Bob Healey released his closing argument to Third District voters—an advertisement appealing to his fellow citizens to ‘change Washington [by changing] your congressman…’
In explaining the personal approach, Bob decided voters deserved to hear directly from him since he is asking for their vote.
The ad summarizes Bob’s overriding message to voters that, in a time where crime is rising, inflation is making everything more expensive, and taxes are too high, Andy Kim’s actions, votes and frequent failure to speak out have made matters worse.
The ad invokes a famous quote attributed to Albert Einstein, that suggests, the ‘definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over … And expecting a different result.’
If voters in the Third District want to see inflation continue to skyrocket, crime to continue to rise, and our taxes to remain high – they should vote for Andy. If they want to see things change – they need to vote for Bob Healey,” said Velardi.
The campaign ad will run on Philadelphia broadcast, as well as on cable systems throughout Burlington, Monmouth, and Mercer counties.
Note: A transcript of the Healey AD is attached herein.
For Immediate Release Contact: Theresa Velardi (732) 682-8923
MOORESTOWN, NJ – Healey for Congress Campaign Manager Theresa Furmato Velardi today issued the following statement:
“In another sign of Andy’s failing re-election effort, Congressman Kim – who continually claims he’s running on his record – has launched an impostor website, a ham-handed tactic to mislead voters.
Bob Healey’s official campaign website is found at https://www.bobhealeyfornj.com, but Andy and his campaign staff are hoping to fool voters with a fake website that uses Bob Healey’s name.
Last week, in another signal of Kim losing ground, a major media outlet lowered the Kim campaign’s rating from ‘likely Democrat’ to ‘lean Democrat.’
You would think someone who has been in Washington his entire adult life – including the last four in congress – would seek to run on his record, but even that has been concocted as well. Yesterday, it was reported that Andy Kim is running an ad that says ‘I wrote a bill’ that official congressional records show was authored by another Democrat.
In Andy Kim’s case there is no record to run on unless one counts Biden’s spending spree that has caused record inflation, Andy’s caucus’ promotion of defunding the police that’s allowed crime rates to soar, and Andy’s quiet opposition to American energy independence that’s caused the price of gas to skyrocket as successes.
So far Third District voters have been subjected to several million dollars worth of Andy’s negative attack ads on Bob Healey.
Now, another Kim ad hominem, last minute smear based on a fake website. So much for the carefully cultivated, phony ‘nice guy’ act. The real Andy Kim is now unleashed.
For all the time Andy Kim has spent in Washington, he still cannot give voters one positive reason to re-elect him.”
For Immediate Release Contact: Theresa Velardi (732) 682-8923
MOORESTOWN, NJ – Healey for Congress Campaign Manager Theresa Velardi today issued the following statement:
“In a desperate act to win over voters, Rep. Kim is running a campaign AD that begins ‘…seniors at a town hall told me they were getting crushed by the cost of medicine, so I wrote a bill …’
Unfortunately, Andy Kim did NOT write the bill he’s now touting – another Democrat Congressman wrote the bill.
While Andy Kim is not the first politician to claim credit for something he did not do, it’s still a dramatic overstatement to produce an advertisement, look into the camera and tell voters ‘I wrote a bill’ that in fact Andy Kim did not write.
According to congress.gov, the official sponsor of the bill (H.R. 4417) is Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04). Congress.gov — the official repository of House/Senate legislation — lists Kim not as the author, but simply as a co-sponsor, which is a legislative tactic to claim some support for a measure.1 Rep. Steven Horsford sponsored this bill in the previous Congress as well.
In a second misrepresentation, Kim’s AD “Start Small” claims that ‘his’ legislation, “Capping Drugs for Seniors Act of 2021” (H.R. 4417), was inspired by interactions with his New Jersey constituents, when in fact he simply co-sponsored a colleague’s bill.
Kim’s own website proves this point, citing a summary of the bill that is actually on Congressman Horsford’s own stationery.
No surprise that the Congressman would wait until the last two weeks of the election to claim credit for something he did not do.
If Congressman Kim wants the support of voters, he needs to be honest. That starts with taking down this fabrication of the truth.
Unfortunately, this is not the first time this Rhodes scholar has played fast and loose with the truth.
In 2018, The Washington Postgave Andy TWO PINOCCHIOS for overstating his professional experience in another Kim campaign AD.
Andy Kim’s desperation tactic can’t hide the fact that his votes in Congress have caused economic hardship for his constituents and November 8th is their chance to set the record straight.”
See fact sheet below that documents Andy Kim’s misleading AD.
FACT SHEET
Andy Kim for Congress’ latest misleading — “Start Small” — claims that his legislation, the “Capping Drugs for Seniors Act of 2021” (H.R. 4417), was inspired by interactions with his New Jersey constituents.
Here are four inconvenient facts surrounding the origination of the bill and its true author:
Fact # 1: On Congress.gov, the official repository of House/Senate legislation, Rep. Steven Horsford is listed as the ‘sponsor’, not Rep. Andy Kim.
H.R. 4417, the bill that Andy Kim claims to have written, has listed as its official sponsor* Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV-04). Rep. Kim is joined by Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI-11) as co-sponsors.
*Definition of “sponsor /author”: The Congressional Research Services explains in a January 8, 2018 report that “several Members together may submit a bill, but only the Member whose name appears first on the bill is considered its sponsor; the others are cosponsors.” –(Source: “Sponsorship and Co-sponsorship of House Bills”, CRS, 01/08/2018)
Fact # 2: In 2019, the House passed H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, an ‘ambitious proposal to cut the cost of prescription drugs for all Americans.’ The Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act was introduced by Frank Pallone.
When H.R. 3 passed in 2019, Horsford took credit for this provision.
Fact # 3: In Rep. Kim’s press release announcing the legislation, Congressman Kim provided a one-pager on the legislation, which is on Rep. Horsford’s office stationery. Horsford’s one pager summarizing the bill makes no mention of Rep. Kim.
Fact # 4:Andy Kim Takes Credit for Capping Prescription Drug Prices for Medicare Recipients
Kim Ad states: “So I wrote a bill to cap prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare” (the ad cites H.R. 4417). If Andy Kim learned about the problem at a town hall meeting, why wasn’t he the first one to sponsor the bill?
Fact # 5: In 2018, in another Kim campaign ad, Kim overstated his professional experience, saying ‘a kid from Marlton who became a national security officer for Republican and Democratic presidents…’
1 The Congressional Research Services explains in a January 8, 2018 report that “… only the Member whose name appears first on the bill is considered its sponsor” or author; and all others are cosponsors.” “Sponsorship and Co-sponsorship of House Bills”, CRS, 01/08/2018)
For Immediate Release Contact: Theresa Velardi (732) 682-8923
MOORESTOWN, NJ – Burlington County business owner and Republican candidate for Congress Bob Healey today issued the following statement:
“In last night’s New Jersey Globe debate, Congressman Kim was consistently untruthful in his comments, showing himself to be the classic Washington politician—claiming credit for actions he did not take and denying his own behavior that is well documented.
On the issue of defense, Rep. Kim claimed he never voted for a pay cut for our troops. Unfortunately, Kim voted against Log 2468 to H.R. 7900, which would give certain members of the military a 2.4% pay raise to meet with inflation. Worse still, Mr. Kim has also never spoken out against his Progressive Caucus colleagues who have proposed a 10% cut in defense spending.
On the question of voting in lockstep with Joe Biden’s agenda, Rep. Kim claimed this is not true, going so far as to say he called the New York Times and they didn’t have it. Yet, the New York Times has, in fact, published a report that shows Andy Kim’s 100% support for Biden policies. (see graphic below)
Rep. Kim claimed last night that he’s never supported defunding the police, but a quick fact check shows that he is an active member of the left-wing Progressive Caucus, which has fought for “limiting transfers of military-grade equipment to local law enforcement…” and “reforming immunity for police officers…” Worse still, Rep. Kim has many ties to leftist organizations that have called for defunding the police including: Indivisible, Friends of Our Revolution South Jersey, DFA-NJ, etc… and has never challenged his Caucus colleagues’ repeated calls for defunding law enforcement.
Rep. Kim claimed in his debate remarks that he puts a lot of effort in combatting antisemitism. The truth is Andy has always remained silent when is CPC colleagues Pramila Jayapal, Ilhan Omar, and AOC have made numerous anti-Semitic comments over the years. Rise Stronger, a resistance organization founded by Andy Kim, also listed a book by an anti-Semite named Amiri Baraka.
Probably most disappointing of all of Mr. Kim’s mis-statements was the claim that a bill – “Capping Drugs for Seniors Act of 2021” (H.R. 4417) was his legislation, when in fact the official congressional website shows Rep. Steven Horsford as the bill’s ‘sponsor’, not Andy Kim.
Andy Kim has spent four years in Washington as a partisan, left wing legislator, who then returns to our state periodically and poses as a bi-partisan moderate.
The congressman has spent four years as an ineffective backbencher, who’s preoccupied with making politically correct comments while ignoring the serious economic consequences of his votes.
He’s been ‘Andy One-Note’ in this campaign failing to speak out –let alone offer any real solutions– to the ever-rising gas and grocery prices, and the increase in crime that plagues his constituents. On November 8, despite all the negative advertising Andy Kim has leveled against me, voters won’t be fooled into returning Andy to Congress as their representative.”
See Factsheet on p. 2, documenting Rep. Debate misstatements.
NJ Globe: Andy Kim’s Debate Claims and the Facts
CLAIM: AK claimed that he doesn’t vote in lockstep with his party.
CLAIM: When discussing capping out-of-pocket costs for seniors at $2,000 a year, Andy claimed the “Capping Drugs for Seniors Act of 2021” (H.R. 4417) was his legislation.
FACT & TRUTH: On Congress.gov, Rep. Steven Horsford is listed as the ‘sponsor’, not Andy Kim. Source: Congress.gov
CLAIM: AK claimed he puts a lot of effort in combatting antisemitism.
FACT & TRUTH: Andy remained silent after his CPC colleagues Pramila Jayapal, Ilhan Omar, and AOC have made numerous anti-Semitic comments over the years. Rise Stronger, a resistance organization founded by Andy Kim, also listed a book by an anti-Semite named Amiri Baraka. Source: The Jerusalem Post
CLAIM: AK claimed that he’s never supported defunding the police.
For Immediate Release Contact: Theresa Velardi (732) 682-8923
MOORESTOWN, NJ – Burlington County business owner and Republican candidate for Congress Bob Healey today issued the following statement following an NJGlobe Debate with opponent Congressman Andy Kim:
“Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result … Kind of like sending the same people back to Congress each year and expecting things to change.
My opponent, Congressman Kim, has spent four years in office voting for policies that have given us record inflation and rising crime. Moreover, he’s spent literally his entire adult life in Washington, D.C., rendering him increasingly out of touch with what people back home are facing, feeling, and experiencing.
How else can you explain Congressman Kim joining the radical progressive caucus? A group that wants to cut military spending – which would cripple the Joint Base. A group that wants to defund the police and believes law enforcement is the enemy. A group that wants socialist economic and fiscal policies that will further drive up the cost of living with higher taxes, more spending, rising debt, and a government that increasingly wants to control every aspect of our lives.
Folks, we can do better.
I will fight inflation by cutting taxes. I will stand with our police to crack down on crime. And I will always put the people I represent before the party I belong to. That’s a promise.
Thank you and I hope to earn your vote on Tuesday.”
For Immediate Release Contact: Theresa Velardi (732) 682-8923
MOORESTOWN, NJ – Burlington County business owner and Republican candidate for Congress Bob Healey today issued the following statement:
“Until he posted a misleading AD the other day, Andy Kim has had nothing to say about what steps Congress can take to make daily life more affordable for his constituents.
Despite continuing high inflation and rising interest rates and many economists predicting a full-blown recession, our representative Andy Kim failed this to address voters’ concerns this entire campaign. Now Andy is in panic mode.
A carton of eggs in the U.S. costs over $3 today, more than twice what it was at the start of 2021, when Joe Biden took office. Beef and chicken prices have surged almost 20%, and a bunch of bananas runs 10% higher.1
A recent national survey reported 1 in 3 workers are looking for a second job to meet daily living expenses.2
Rep. Kim – with the help of his federally funded staff of 20+ assistants – has time to tweet on every topic imaginable, but sees no need to address the concerns of the people he is paid to represent.
Just go to Congressman Kim’s websiteand you will not find a word about inflation on his ‘issues’ page that lists: “SMALL BUSINESS, JOBS & THE ECONOMY; HEALTHCARE; VETERANS; MILITARY FAMILIES AND SERVICEMEMBERS; RESILIENCY, DISASTER RELIEF, AND INFRASTRUCTURE; MONEY IN POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY REFORM; OPIOIDS AND ADDICTION.”
Congressman Kim insults Third District voters when he says he is ‘fighting for us.’ He voted for a bill Democrats cynically named the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’—a measure independent economists say will have little or no impact on inflation.
New Jerseyans, like Americans nationwide, are trying to cope with rising grocery prices by buying less at the super market.3
One recent study reported that the share of grocery shoppers who said they often purchased fewer items to save on their grocery bills climbed from 15% in October 2021 to 24% last month.4 And, as shoppers buy less to save money, of those that they say they are often worried their food will run out before they have enough money to buy more increased from 35% last October to 42% in September 2022.5
Despite the fact that poll after poll shows inflation is the number one concern of voters, Andy Kim has nothing to say on the economy.”
For Immediate Release Contact: Theresa Velardi (732) 682-8923
MOORESTOWN, NJ – Burlington County business owner and Republican candidate for Congress Bob Healey today issued the following statement:
“Today I challenge my opponent to do something he should have done long ago and give up his membership in the most radical group in Congress—the House Progressive Caucus.
In 2020, the House Progressive Caucus – composed of the most liberal members in Congress – called for ‘defunding the police’ and one of its members –Andy Kim just sat there silently.
Last year the House Progressive Caucus threatened to oppose a national infrastructure bill unless there was more social spending … and where was Andy Kim?
And just this week, this same group suggested to President Biden that he directly negotiate with Russia on Ukraine’s behalf. The Caucus’ half-baked advice to the President was so roundly rejected by other Democrats that the Caucus chair withdrew the letter a day later.
Is it any wonder that most of Andy Kim’s fellow NJ congressional colleagues want nothing to do with the Progressive Caucus, which begs the question: When will Andy Kim give up his membership card in a policy group that advocated giving federal funds to illegal aliens?
In the past, Congressman Kim has tried to explain away his participation in this caucus by weakly claiming he belongs to a lot of caucuses, but he fails to differentiate between a policy group pushing bad ideas and a group like the Cranberry Caucus organized to simply promote a region or product.
If Andy Kim was truly moderate in his views he would resign immediately from this radical group. Congressman Kim – I urge you to turn in your Progressive Caucus membership card and to do so today.”
See attached factsheet – Five Examples of Radical Progressive Caucus Ideals & Initiatives
Five Examples of Progressive Caucus Ideals & Initiatives
“Provide $2,000 monthly stimulus checks, continue expanded unemployment benefits, provide rent and mortgage assistance to stop evictions and keep people in their home, raise the minimum wage to at least $15, cancel up to $50,000 in student debt and freeze payments and cancel medical debt, fully fund and provide universal access to social security net programs.”
“Establish a commission on truth, racial healing, and transformation, and a commission to study and develop reparations, ensure non-discrimination protections for BIPOC and LGBTQ people across the board, pass a comprehensive policing reform bill to ensure that policing reflects community values and upholds civil rights, demilitarize the police, and invest more resources in communities, reduce criminalization and incarceration through sentencing reform, legalizing cannabis, expunging records, and providing restorative justice, create a just immigration system by passing a roadmap to freedom that ensures fairness, citizenship, family unity, ends the criminalization of immigrants for profit, creates humane alternatives to detention and deportation, and upholds protections for people seeking safety, fully meet and fund all trust obligations to Tribal Nations and communities, prevent gun violence, including by implementing universal background checks and banning semi-automatic weapons.”
“Repeal old authorizations for use of military force, require Congressional approval for all wars and acts of war, and end the U.S. wars in Yemen and Afghanistan including air and drone wars, Reduce Pentagon spending to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse while maintaining support for personnel and families, Invest in diplomacy, development, peace building, and education through grassroots-fueled aid, End executive powers to enact unilateral sanctions and end military aid to repressive regimes.”
“A natural mobilization aimed at achieving global net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 will require bold policymaking, investments, and collective action on the scale of the military-industrial buildup during the Second World War or the New Deal’s national economic response to the Great Depression in the 1930’s.”
“If we are serious about leading a worldwide effort to combat climate change, then we must lead by example by embracing a new vision of national security that acknowledges the counterproductive impact of our global military force posture.”
“While this plan for congressional climate action must find new revenues to fund our investments, it would be foolish not to redirect a portion of our $700 billion annual investment in carbon-intensive military into more productive multilateral cooperation.”
“The filibuster was used for generations as a tool for white supremacists to deny civil rights and basic protections for Black Americans. Allowing the filibuster to remain on the books – and thereby dooming the most transformative civil rights legislation passed in the 21st century – would be an outrage. We urge our Senate colleagues to bring this bill for a vote and end the filibuster once and for all.”
