Pearce listens to supporters

Earlier in the day, he attended a local church in what he said was “refreshing my spiritual side,” and ate lunch with some of his Republican supporters.

Pearce said he sees worry and fear in the faces of constituents across the 2nd Congressional District.

“Jobs are disappearing, taxes are going up,” he said. “People are afraid. People are mad because we are spending more than we have to spend. They are mad at corruption of government and they are mad about deals on health care.”

Many people in New Mexico, he said, are afraid if they lose their job that they won’t be able to find another one.

“The government is printing more money and the price of veggies has doubled,” Pearce said. “We need to start creating jobs in the private sector and lower taxes on capital investment.”

Pearce also said the state needs to lower some regulations to make local jobs work. For instance, he said, New Mexico sheep farmers have been put out of business because of new regulations set by the N.M. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Spotted owl restrictions also should be lifted, he said, to allow the timber industry to function.

“I don’t mean they should clear-cut the forest,” he said. “Selected thinning can create jobs and water.”

Pearce said people are also angry that the U.S.-Mexico border hasn’t been secured.

“We need some kind of immigration reform,” he said. “We need to hold bureaucracies accountable.”
An economy cannot be built on retail and production needs to come back to the United States, Pearce said.

“Manufacturing and natural resources development need to return to the states,” he said.

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