It's official!

Yesterday at 10:32 a.m., I filed the qualifying papers to make it official:  I’m running for Congress!

My top three priorities in Tennessee will be jobs, jobs and jobs.

Our hardworking people didn’t create this tough economy, but we certainly feel the effects.  To right the economy, we need leadership with experience in creating jobs.

As a state senator, I’ve fought for the West Tennessee Megasite that will bring 21st century jobs and industry to rural West Tennessee, the billion-dollar Hemlock Semiconductor plant in Clarksville, and the Northwest Tennessee Port and Industrial Park.  And I will continue working to recruit new industries and help existing industries grow more jobs.

My top three priorities in Washington will be fiscal responsibility, fiscal responsibility, and fiscal responsibility.

Washington is mortgaging the future of my sons and your children and our grandchildren.  And Washington is risking the future of this country with trillions in debt. 

I drive a 12-year-old truck with 375,000 miles on it.  My sons call me cheap, but Washington needs more of us with 375,000-mile pickups who’ll spend your money like our own.

These United States in general and Tennessee in particular can have a great future.  I believe there’s nothing wrong with us that cannot be fixed by what’s right with us.  We are Americans, the children and grandchildren of those who beat the Great Depression and the greatest militaries the world had ever seen.  It doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or Republican if you forget you're an American.

Let’s remember we’re Americans.

Let’s come together, work together, and build a great future together.  We can do this.  And we will.

Your friend,

Roy Herron