MB INTRODUCTION AT SPEAKING ENGAGMENTS
HOST: IF YOU WERE TO ASK MARSHA BLACKBURN WHAT SHE DOES, SHE WOULD TELL YOU THAT SHE IS A WIFE, MOTHER, BUSINESSWOMAN WHO IS A PROBLEM SOLVER AND ENJOYS USING THOSE TALENTS AND SKILLS IN HER WORK AS A PUBLIC SERVANT.
SHE HAS DEDICATED HER PUBLIC LIFE TO SERVING THE NEEDS OF OTHERS. WHETHER IT WAS IN THE STATE SENATE...WHERE SHE LED THE FIGHT AGAINST IMPOSING A STATE INCOME TAX...OR IN WASHINGTON DC...WHERE SHE LED SUCESSFULL EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE TAX BURDEN ON TENNESSEE TAXPAYERS. SHE IS KNOWN FOR KEEPING HER LEGISLATIVE FOCUS ON DEFENDING AND EXPANDING INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND FREE ENTERPRISE. AND IS REGULARLY SEEN ON NATIONAL TV NEWS SHOWS SUCH AS HARDBALL, FOX AND FRIENDS OR LARRY KING LIVE DEFENDING OUR CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES.
SHE LEARNED EARLY ON THAT POLITICS BEGINS AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL. SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN CAMPAIGNS FOR DECADES AND WORKED HER WAY THRU THE POLITICAL PROCESS...FIRST AS A COUNTY PARTY CHAIRMAN, THEN WINNING A SPOT IN THE STATE SENATE...AS A CONGRESSMAN PROUDLY SERVING WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. FROM THERE...WHO KNOWS???
IN A SHORT TIME...SHE HAS ESTABLISHED HERSELF AS AN EFFECTIVE LEGISLATOR AND A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH IN OUR NATIONS CAPITOL AS WELL AS AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR FOR OUR VALUES.
SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE POWERFUL ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE, WHICH REGULATES EVERYTHING FROM MEDICARE TO INTERSTATE COMMERCE...AND IS THE FOUNDING CHAIRMAN OF THE SONGWRITERS CAUCUS...WHICH PROTECTS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF OUR SONGWRITERS AND AMERICA’S CREATIVE COMMUNITY.
SHE IS ALSO A PART OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND WILL SPEND MUCH OF THIS YEAR ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CONTROL ISSUE.
NEVER ONE TO SHY AWAY FROM A POLITICAL BATTLE... SHE IS CURRENTLY THE TENNESSEE CO-CHAIR FOR MITT ROMNEY'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND IS THE NATIONAL CO-CHAIR FOR WOMEN FOR ROMNEY.
SHE IS .AN ARDENT ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE UNBORN...AND AN UNWAVERING SUPPORTER OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST MILITARY.
SHE IS A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE THAT BELIEVES IN SMALLER GOVERNMENT AND LIKE RONALD REGAN...FEELS THAT MAN IS NOT FREE UNLESS GOVERNMENT IS LIMITED.
SHE FOUGHT AGAINST THE STATE INCOME TAX...SHE FIGHTS FOR KEEPING OUR BORDERS SECURE AND AMERICA SAFE...AND SHE'S FIGHTING FOR US IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS...
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE CONGRESSMAN MARSHA BLACKBURN