Friends,

“This is the issue of this election: whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.”

Ronald Reagan said these famous words in 1964, and they ring true today.

I want to take a moment to remember the history-altering vision our Founding Fathers fought to make a reality. Our nation is founded on the concept that government is beholden to the people. The idea was radical at the time, but it has led to the most prosperous and free nation in history.

Our Founding Fathers fought to ensure power rests with the people. But, more and more, the steady creep of government bureaucracy has eroded the people’s power. We have a chance to stop that trend this November.

As Ronald Reagan once said, our nation faces a time for choosing. Voters will decide whether we continue down our current course of bloated government that infringes on our everyday lives or whether we return to the founding principle of limited government accountable to the people.

I have faith that voters will choose to uphold the extraordinary principles on which our nation was founded. But I’m also fighting to ensure that happens, and I’m glad to have you with me.

I hope you’ve had a wonderful 4th of July celebration with your friends and family.

Happy Independence Day and enjoy the fireworks!

Reagan