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Tom Carper: This is Tom Carper. After serving six years as the State Treasurer, I was convinced by the people of Delaware to run for Congress. Let me tell you why.

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Traveling around the State, I've talked with hundreds of people being hurt personally by decisions made in Washington.

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The small businessman forced to file for bankruptcy. The young couple, not sure they should have children

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because they're uncertain about a future dominated by nuclear weapons. The elderly couple afraid that Washington's going to tinker with

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their only source of income, their Social Security check. And the unemployed worker falling behind on his mortgage payment with no job in sight.

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I've met people like this all over Delaware. Victims of administration policies supported right down the line by Delaware's only Congressman.

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I believe we need to re-examine our national priorities, and to change them where they hurt more than help. If you like, the way

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the country's been going, there's no need for a change. But if you feel, as I do, that we've gotten off the track

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in Washington, then I need your support, your help, and your vote as your candidate for Congress. Paid for by the

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Carper for Congress Committee.