PRESS RELEASE Gill CA09: RICKY GILL RESPONDS TO THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET

Ricky Gill (R-CA-9)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 13, 2012

RICKY GILL RESPONDS TO THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET

LODI, CA, February 13, 2012 – Following the release of the President’s budget, Congressional candidate Ricky Gill today responded to the budget deficit and Rep. Jerry McNerney’s failed record on spending:

“Six years after Jerry McNerney made a campaign promise to eliminate the federal budget deficit, he hasn’t even managed to reduce it. Today’s Presidential budget marks the fourth straight year of $1 trillion deficits, a reckless pattern of spending that will saddle future generations with a national debt larger than the entire US economy.”

“We need to enact a Balanced Budget Amendment to stop the reckless, runaway spending that threatens our nation’s financial stability. Jerry McNerney’s opposition to this common-sense proposal is just another example of how he puts Washington’s priorities ahead of our local needs.”

About Ricky Gill

Ricky Gill is a native of San Joaquin County, born and raised in Lodi, California. The son of immigrant parents, Ricky is a small business owner, a family farmer, and a former member of the California State Board of Education whose story speaks to the power of the American dream. Ricky grew up helping manage his family’s vineyard operation and serving the community as chair of the Greater Lodi Area Youth Commission. He has played an integral role in his family’s small business, which employs 60 people in the San Joaquin Valley, for several years. In 2004, he was appointed by the Governor to the California State Board of Education, where he served as the sole representative of more than six million public school students. He subsequently served as an adviser to the California Secretary of Education. Ricky now serves as a member of the Lodi Boys & Girls Club Board of Directors. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Princeton University, he will soon complete his Juris Doctor at the University of California, Berkeley.