“We have always said the race is going to be a tight one.  Voters in the 19th Congressional district are being offered a choice between longtime resident John Faso with a proven track record of cutting budgets, lowering taxes, and working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and a radical New York City academic, with no roots in the district, who supports higher taxes, the Iran Nuclear Deal, and ever larger government in Washington. John Faso believes in growing the economy by helping small businesses, lowering taxes, and removing burdensome barriers to job creation. Professor Teachout shares New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s ivory-tower vision for America that is already damaging the economy and is totally out-of-step with residents of this district.” — Dain Pascocello, campaign manager.

Faso has a long record of cutting taxes and closing budget deficits that go back to his tenure as Minority Leader in the Assembly, where he developed and pushed proposals that led to real balanced budgets – including the first reduction in state spending in decades while closing a $5 billion deficit. He championed legislation that made a difference for tens of thousands of families such as the STAR program and education and real property tax reform. A former board member of the Rockefeller Institute of Government, Faso also served for three years as a member of the Control Board that worked to fix the financial and managerial issues of the City of Buffalo and its school system.

Faso is running on a platform centered around key reform principles to help small businesses, notably simplifying the tax code, ending corporate welfare, investing in small businesses and ending Washington’s regulatory madness.

John Faso (R-Kinderhook) is former Republican leader of the state Assembly and candidate for Congress in the 19th Congressional district. To learn more about Faso, visit johnfaso.com.

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