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Not Cathy

She’s back again with the same tired campaign ads. She is going to “fix” the VA for our vets — but if she hasn’t fixed it yet after 15 years in office running on this same promise, she either doesn’t know what’s wrong or can’t figure out how to do it. She also claims to be “working to support Fairchild AFB” - but during her tenure as chairwoman of the Republican Caucus, Fairchild wound up with the hand-me-down aging tankers while the newest generation of tankers went to bases in other states.

People of both parties think Congress is incapable of getting anything meaningful done and it has an approval rating lower than lawyers. Lisa Brown had it right: If you want Congress to change you have to change who you send to Congress. It’s time for us to send someone competent and with the ability to get something done to Washington. Not Cathy.

Jeffrey Koons

Spokane Valley

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