Chet Edwards For Congress

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Making Health Care More Affordable & Accessible

Chet Edwards believes we must maintain our quality health care system in the United States while reducing costs.

He has fought to ensure health care coverage for children of working families and our senior citizens. Chet is a member of the Rural Healthcare Caucus, and works to make certain those living in rural areas have access to the healthcare they deserve.

• Chet supports legislation to stop big pharmaceutical drug companies from unfairly charging Americans twice the price for the same drugs sold in Mexico and Canada.

Supporting a Strong National Defense & the War on Terrorism:

Chet Edwards is a leader in Congress on national defense issues. As Chairman of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee and co-chairman of the bipartisan House Army Caucus, Chet is a recognized leader in Congress on national defense issues and a strong voice for supporting our men and women in uniform and seeing that they have the resources to fight the war on terror and defend our homeland.

• Chet is a strong supporter of the war on terrorism and has worked hard to see that our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere around the globe have the equipment and tools they need to do their jobs.




• Chet led the effort to stop the Department of Defense from cutting two divisions of the Army - some 40,000 active-duty troops - in 2001.

Securing our Borders & Stopping Illegal Immigration

Chet believes our nation's first priority is to secure our borders and to protect our homeland and he strongly opposes amnesty in any form. While others have talked about securing our borders, Chet has done something about it.

• Chet helped write the law that added 1500 additional border patrol agents and has supported legislation that would add 6000 more, to better police our borders and stop the influx of illegal immigration.
  




• Chet secured $16 million for Waco's L-3 to build P-3 aircraft, a surveillance tool for securing our borders, catching drug smugglers and stopping illegal immigration.
  

Defending our Homeland

As a member of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Chet is a leader in the Congress on improving our homeland security programs to protect America.

• Chet's recent work on the Homeland Security Appropriations Committee has led to: 5,700 additional border patrol agents, $1.69 billion for cargo inspection at our nation's ports, and $400 million for security grants at U.S. ports.




• Chet has led the fight to secure nuclear materials in the former Soviet Union so that highly-enriched uranium does not fall into the hands of terrorists.