Marilinda Garcia, State Representative and candidate for Congress in New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District, is a new generation conservative committed to reducing the size, scope and cost of the federal government by putting power and decision-making into the hands of New Hampshire and her citizens. She is committed to reform and American economic renewal through an agenda that includes ending deficit spending, reigning in job-killing regulation, lowering and flattening tax rates, and replacing Obamacare with bottom-up, consumer-driven solutions. Ms. Garcia has been adjunct faculty Harp Professor at Phillips Exeter Academy and St. Paul’s School in NH, and at Gordon College in Wenham, MA. In addition, she has traveled extensively as a Cultural Ambassador for the Youth Orchestra of the Americas (YOA). Hosted by embassies and government institutions, YOA conducted community outreach programs and concertized in approximately 15 modern and developing countries across the Americas and Europe during Ms. Garcia’s tenure with the orchestra. Ms. Garcia has professional experience working in development and an advisory capacity for a cyber-security firm, in higher education consulting, and in executive development partnering educational institutions, UN agencies and other private and non-profit organizations in the creation of a bi-national Haitian/Dominican youth orchestra foundation.
Congress needs a new generation of leaders committed to reform and results. I’m running to be one of those leaders. My goal is to encourage efficient governance through sound fiscal policy and reduced bureaucracy. At a bare minimum, elected officials in Congress should vote to prevent the federal government from being an obstacle to entrepreneurship, innovation, and limited taxation. I believe my record of four terms in the New Hampshire Legislature demonstrates my commitment to this approach, and it is something I would continue in Washington. Washington, D.C. has become characterized by dysfunction and dishonesty. Deficit spending is ever-escalating. Obamacare and heavy-handed regulations are limiting innovation and reducing personal decision-making. Our tax system shrinks the competiveness of our country in the world economy. The bottom line: these are great times, characterized by great challenges. I believe the people of New Hampshire have something to contribute in the great debates that lie ahead, and I would be honored to be their voice. Our New Hampshire values of small government, personal decision-making and freedom deserve an effective voice in Washington.