The nation is dying for jobs with unemployment just under 10%.  We are spending billions on foreign energy.  New Mexico is starving for tax revenues…and the Democrats in Congress are going to make all of them worse.  The Administration has proposed to close the Otero Mesa permanently to all drilling for oil and gas.  Make your voice heard.  Call your representatives to oppose the move.

The Obama administration is taking steps to close off several parts of the Intermountain West to industrial activity, including four areas believed to hold significant oil and natural gas deposits.

We are told the unemployment rate is 9.7% for the month of February.  It may be considerably higher, but that is fodder for another conversation.  

All employment numbers are aggregates.  The 9.7 (or whatever number you feel comfortable) is actually an average of lots of different numbers.  Those different subsets are where the real information is in the unemployment report.

For example, people without a high school diploma have an unemployment rate of 15.2%.  College graduates have an unemployment rate of 4.9%.  That is a stark reality. 

The better our education system, the better we compete in the world.  The better we compete, the more jobs we have.  When we compete in worse fashion, we have fewer jobs.

These are the basics of economic policy.  Work hard, educate more, push productivity to higher levels and our national standard of living improves.  Fail at these and other nations grab our jobs.

Steve Pearce needs freedom fighters right now!

Are you willing to fight to protect this great country and our freedoms?  Are you angry at Pelosi and Congressional spending? Then join our team.  We need your help.

As you know, the economy is terrible.  We are really struggling to match the fundraising of our opponent who is getting hundreds of thousands of dollars from unions and liberal organizations.

For Immediate Release

Time now to re-focus on putting Americans back to work

HOBBS, NM - Former Congressman Steve Pearce today issued the following statement following President Obama's Health Care Summit.

"There was a lot of hype leading up to the health care summit which was billed as an opportunity to 'seek common ground.'  However, the Congressional Democrats used the summit for a photo-op and an attempt to persuade Republicans to support the bill that has already been rejected by Congress and the American people.

"We saw a lot of anecdotal stories from the Democrats, but they seemed unprepared to discuss the underlying issues of the bill.  President Obama accused Republican leaders of using props that prevented them having a discussion when they brought out a copy of the health care bill.  It is hardly a political gimmick to have a copy of a bill present, when leaders have come together to discuss the legislation.

"I care about New Mexico families and the health care they receive, and believe that changes must be made to the current health care system, but this legislation is not going to impact our state and country in a positive way.