Freedom is knowing our borders are secure. Freedom is having a job and a wage that allows you to prosper, own a home, feed a family and save for retirement. Freedom is taking your kids to a playground absent fear of harm, an altercation with a drug dealer, or caught in a turf war between drug gangs. Freedom is knowing that your child is mastering math, science, and reading rather than lectured on deviant subjects they are too young to understand. Freedom is having the right to say what you think absent fear that your keystrokes can land you on a government watchlist. I believe in freedom. For seven years we've been represented by a Member of Congress better known for talking on tv than her attention to people here. During her time, schools have become worse, not better, the streets more dangerous, not safer, healthcare more expensive, not less.

It's time for a change.