Mikie Sherrill for Congress

Press Release: Female Veterans’ Healthcare Must Be a Priority: Mikie Sherrill Statement on Women Veterans’ Roundtable

“Today I listened to brave women who served this country with honor at home and in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and it is clear that there are tangible, common sense ways we can improve their healthcare. All of our veterans should be able to return home and have the peace of mind that their health needs will be met, including our female service members. Access to breast cancer screenings and mammograms, counseling for military sexual trauma, and women’s healthcare must be a priority in New Jersey. As a veteran, I am committed to making sure that my fellow service members, both women and men, receive the care they need.” Read More >>

Posted on August 01, 2018 by Team Mikie

Press Release: Sherrill Calls for Bipartisan Tax Relief for NJ in Star-Ledger

“Our families cannot afford a never-ending cycle of tax increases as the answer to every fiscal problem. And they especially cannot afford tax increases here in New Jersey when they are getting hit so hard from the federal tax bill.” She continued: “It's the partisan politicking from those like Assemblyman Jay Webber, R-Morris, who would rather side with a Congress that raises taxes rather than speak out against a tax hike that clearly harms New Jersey's families. It's time to send new leaders to Washington who will bring people together to solve our most pressing challenges, like fixing a tax code that hampers economic progress and technological innovation.” Read More >>

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Team Mikie

Press Release: Press Release: Another Tax Hike on New Jersey Families: Mikie Sherrill Calls on Assemblyman Webber to Stand up for Our State

“For the second time in a year, Congress plans to raise taxes on our middle-class families in New Jersey. It is unacceptable that again and again, our residents are forced to pay more money to the federal government and shoulder an unequal burden compared to every other state in the nation. Our leaders must go back to the drawing board and work on real tax relief for our communities. It is time for Assemblyman Jay Webber to reverse course and join us in opposition to this plan. Blind support for a bill that the majority of New Jersey residents oppose is exactly the type of ideological partisanship that our residents will no longer put up with.” Read More >>

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Team Mikie

Press Release: Career Politicians Playing Partisan Politics with our Healthcare

“Once again, Republicans in Washington are playing partisan politics with our healthcare. They are attempting to pay for their disastrous tax plan by cutting healthcare funding for our most vulnerable citizens -- seniors and children. We need representation in Washington that will fight to bring down healthcare costs and ensure that each and every American has quality and affordable healthcare. Career politicians in Washington and here at home -- like Assemblyman Jay Webber who supported the repeal bill which would have taken health insurance away from 27,000 people in the 11th district -- are doing all they can to dismantle our healthcare system and make it impossible for our families and our seniors to afford healthcare in this country. Our community, and the 319,600 residents in this district living with a pre-existing condition, deserve a representative who wants to build up our healthcare system, not destroy it." Read More >>

Posted on June 08, 2018 by Team Mikie

Press Release: Planned Parenthood Endorses Mikie Sherrill for Congress

“Millions of patients around the country rely on Planned Parenthood health centers for birth control, cancer screenings, and other preventive care. The Planned Parenthood Action Fund knows how critical it is to have strong champions for reproductive rights and health care in Congress, especially while the Trump-Pence administration attacks women’s health and rights time and time again,” said Dawn Laguens, Executive Vice President of Planned Parenthood Action Fund. “We need leaders like Mikie Sherrill who will stand up to make sure GOP leadership in Washington does not put politics ahead of the needs of the people of New Jersey, and we are proud to endorse her.” Read More >>

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Team Mikie

The Women Running in the Midterms During the Trump Era

This year’s wave of female candidates has some striking features besides its sheer size. There is also a great deal of diversity within the group. It includes more women of color than previous electoral years, as well as a number of immigrants. There are more female veterans in the mix than we’ve seen before, and they’re representing both sides of the aisle. Mikie Sherrill, a mother of four who is running as a Democrat in New Jersey, is a good example: she was a Navy helicopter pilot before becoming a federal prosecutor. “This is a new image and a different kind of résumé,” Debbie Walsh, the director of Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics, said. Read More >>

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker

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