Ted Ankrum for US House Texas District 10

Background:

Former Asst Head of NASA; Veteran of 4 tours in Vietnam-Bronze Star, Purple Heart; Head of Conservation and Renewable Energy Commercialization in Jimmy Carter's Administration; Deputy Head of EPA Superfund; Head of Oil and Gas Evaluation in Dept of Energy; Chief Quality Inspector at Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Deputy Head of Facilities Engineering and Head of Environmental Compliance at NASA, 15 years active duty and 15 years reserve in US Navy-Seaman recruit to Captain; Professional Engineer and MBA(Finance)

Goals:

I made a pledge after the Vietnam war that I would never stand by if I saw US Troops being sent to fight in another useless war. We need a competent and uncorrupted government. I am just an ordinary citizen with extraordinary experience who thinks that Congress should take it's Constitutional role of oversight of the executive branch seriously. We need people in Congress who have some experience of doing something other than being lawyers.

Issues:

Troops out of Iraq; Living Wage; Universal Health Care

Grassroots Support:

100%. I'll never get anything but small, individual contributions. My whole campaign is depending on grassroots organizing

DFA Values:

The Government should keep it's nose out of our private lives. Our oldest son is Gay, and the discrimination he faces, for no reason at all, is unacceptable. We should scrub the Federal Budget and only keep in the things that contribute to our Citizen's Health, Wealth, or Security. Trickle down stopped at the top; we need a fair taxation system.