Kendall County Times

Scott Gryder, candidate for 14th Congressional District vows to fight against the Green New Deal. 

Gryder, who is looking to unseat Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, is emphasizing the stark contrast between himself and his opponent.

“We have seen it and we are feeling it – record high inflation and consumers who are spending less," Gryder said. "We are in the depths of a recession that is only going to get worse. Lauren Underwood’s solution? Higher taxes and higher fees. During her tenure she: supported the Green New Deal that will hike energy costs; voted to hike taxes on working families; pushed mandates that cost farmers dearly. Lauren Underwood has made inflation worse and taxes higher, and her policies have led to millions of Americans paying more and losing billions from their retirement savings. Lauren Underwood has failed her constituents. In Congress, Scott Gryder will lead with common sense. Scott will oppose the Green New Deal policies that will send utility bills through the roof. Scott Gryder will work to cut taxes and spending and get our country back on track.”

Gryder has a strong background in leadership, in both the public and private sectors. He has been elected three times to the Kendall County Board, and he is the current Chairman of the Kendall County Board. In the private sector, Gryder is the current President of Commercial Services and Senior Counsel at Near North Title Group. 

"My top priorities include addressing the skyrocketing cost of living and the high toll rampant inflation is taking on household budgets, keeping our communities safe and cutting spending & lowering taxes!" Gryder said in tweet.

Gryder has also racked up an impressive list of endorsements. These endorsements are from: former Congressman Hon. Randy Hultgren, former Illinois Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti, Illinois State Representatives Mark Batinick and David Welter, the Daily Herald, and the Chicago Tribune, Dupage Policy Journal reported.

The Kendall County Board Chairman is making it very clear that he opposes the Green New Deal and that Congresswoman Underwood supports it. 

"Unfortunately, Lauren Underwood continually pushed the Green New Deal and costly tax hikes at the expense of hardworking Americans. I believe we deserve better. We need a Congressperson who is looking to cut taxes, not hike them; to lower energy bills, not raise them. I will stop the 'consumer last' mentality and bring the lower taxes, better government approach I have taken in Kendall County to Congress." 

Underwood has accepted campaign contributions from far-left Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington), who chairs the House Progressive Caucus as well as the Medicare for All PAC. Underwood also supported former DuPage County Board member Amy Chavez. Chavez suddenly announced her resignation this past August after allegations of sexual assault and battery happening in her household this past spring. Gryder cannot emphasize enough the contract between himself and his opponent, Kendall County Times previously reported. 

During U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood's previous campaigns, she said she was a nurse working with patients to treat medical conditions; however, this appears not to be true. Both her biography and LinkedIn page state that she has taught aspiring nurse practitioners in the online master’s degree program at Georgetown University. However, on her candidacy website, her biography says she is a career public servant of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), being appointed by President Obama to a senior advisor position before entering congress in January 2019. 

An old campaign commercial showed Underwood in hospital scrubs meeting a patient; however, it was all staged in a local dentist's office. Although she is a licensed nurse, there is no evidence she had ever worked as a nurse. After college, Underwood worked at the HHS, implementing the Affordable Care Act. She left that job in 2017 and returned to Naperville where she collected unemployment before deciding to run for Congress, according to Will County Gazette.