Rollins running for Congress

On Monday, July 26, a meet-and-greet was held at Cripple Creek Golf and Country Club for Michele Rollins, a Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives – for the one seat Delaware holds in the House, currently held by Republican Mike Castle.

“I can’t event imagine not being in the party of the people,” said Rollins at Monday’s event.

Rollins, a Greenville resident, filed with the Commissioner of Elections in Dover on April 7 and has been steadily campaigning all over Delaware.

A Delaware resident for 35 years, she attended Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where she received a bachelor’s degree, and went on to earn her law degree from Georgetown Law. She has worked for many U.S. governmental agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Interior.

A chairwoman of the Beebe Foundation for the medical center in Lewes, Rollins is involved in many philanthropic endeavors. She organizes fundraising to support Hope House I, a shelter for abused women, and is a lifetime partner of the Horatio Ager Association, which provides college scholarships.

Rollins spoke to an intimate group on July 26, stating she “never intended to run” for office but grew weary of having “no consequences in this government.”

“I’m certainly going to listen to what Delawareans have to say. I’m going to read bills before I vote on them, and my votes are going to reflect the wishes of the people.”

“I want to ratchet back that spending, ratchet down that debt and clean out the regulations so they make more sense,” Rollins stated, “and lower taxes – let small businesses really thrive.”

Rollins called for a return to the individual’s right to make choices about their well-being, whether it be in business or healthcare.

“Isn’t that what we’re really about? About making the decisions, to decide is our business running well enough for us to take the day off? Can we make choices that impact us that we want to make, that aren’t made for us? Can our healthcare not be dictated by our insurance companies, but rather by what a doctor that we trust tells us? I want that old life back, and I think that’s why I’m running for Congress,” said Rollins.

Rollins openly stated that she is pro-life and is against federal funding for abortion, and her votes, if she is elected, will reflect that, she promised. However, she stated that the election, to her, is about free enterprise and business.

“I can make the decision with my priest, with my doctor, with my conscience. I don’t need the government to make those decisions for me.”

On the issue of immigration, Rollins said, “We as citizens have a right to know who’s in our country.” She said she believes the border needs to be closed off and remaining illegal immigrants in the country given 90 days to acquire a tamper-proof card. From that point on, she said, they would pay taxes, healthcare and school fees, “so we are not carrying their families while they’re here in this country.”

Rollins openly voiced her disapproval of President Barack Obama’s healthcare bill and House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

“My first vote will be against Nancy Pelosi, if you send me there,” said Rollins. “I think there needs to be healthcare reform, but that bill was just pure and simply a tax bill.

“Healthcare reform should start by reducing the price of insurance premiums,” she said. “In my mind, you can do that with competition, so you allow people to buy across state lines, you do tort reform so that you don’t have the huge legal settlements that make it impossible for doctors to function, for the insurance premiums to be lower. There are so many pieces of that that can be isolated and dealt with.”

Rollins will continue campaigning throughout Delaware and urged Delawareans to register to vote, so they may vote in the January primaries.

“I’m really excited to be able to meet and greet and get around and meet so many people in our state,” she said. “I’ve been here 35 years, I know a lot of people, but there are a lot more that I am meeting.

“The choice in this election is very clear,” she added. “It’s big government versus free enterprise and opportunities. The Republican Party has always been the party of business, but I think it needs to stretch and better represent all business,” said Rollins.

For more information, visit www.michelerollinscongress2010.com.