ABOUT ME
Meet John Whalen: Your Candidate for Congress
The first of four siblings born to John and Theresa Whalen of Wilmington, Delaware, I grew up in the suburbs of Wilmington where I attended various Catholic and public schools, graduating from Thomas McKean H.S. in 1972. I enrolled at the University of Delaware the same year, where I studied political science and history. In 1980 I went back to school, enrolling at Delaware Technical & Community College where I studied criminal justice.
Having obtained my working papers at the age of 15, I went to work at J.C. Penney Co. at Prices Corner. Having left the Penney Co. in 1974, I took a job with a men's clothing chain as a store manager, and later as district manager for the state of Delaware. In 1976, having stores from New York to Florida, the company closed it's doors due to a depressed economy. Still going to the university and needing to work, I took a job at a men's clothing store across town and a part-time job teaching in a GED program at Wilmington H.S. I would later take employment with a new car dealership where I remained until the fall of 1977.
On October 10, 1977, I was appointed to the Delaware Department of Public Safety, Division of State Police, where I served for twenty years, retiring in October 1997. During my career I served in patrol, both as a road trooper and shift supervisor. I served in the K-9-unit, burglary unit, robbery squad, major crimes, M.C.S.A.P., and the F.B.I. joint violent crimes fugitive task force. Shortly after retiring, I formed a residential construction company, building houses and additions throughout Sussex County for more than twenty-two years. I am currently retired.
I am married to Valerie Leigh, a nurse, currently employed at Peninsula Tidal Health Hospital for more than forty years. We have three adult sons, John, Matthew, and Mark, and six grandchildren. My wife and I currently reside in Millsboro, Delaware.
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MY PROMISES
What I Will Fight For
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
Illegal immigration through our southern border is at a historic high. We cannot afford to let more than 8 million illegals into our country in less than four years without doing harm to our economy and national security.
Bidens failure to enforce U.S. Immigration laws has had ramifications that extends far beyond our borders. His negligence has "fundamentally" changed hundreds of American communities into border towns, leaving them vulnerable to those who take advantage of his unlawful policies.
Politicians on both sides of the aisle often opine "our immigration system is broken". Therein lies the problem, is our system "broken", or is it political speak for government's failure to enforce our immigration laws.
Biden's "catch and release" policy is in direct violation of 8 USC 1225 which requires the detention of all illegal aliens.
Congress should insist that the Executive Branch enforce our laws. It's a matter of national security.
THE ECONOMY
"The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt." Cicero
Biden tells us that his economic policies are working, while average Americans watch their family budgets shrink as the federal budget grows. His war on fossil fuels has un-necessarily burdened families with higher electric bills, higher fuel cost for those traveling back and forth to work, and higher grocery cost, while lining he pockets of foreign entities that produce the solar panels and windmills for his climate agenda.
The federal debt is now $34.8 trillion. The cost to service the debt for FY 2024 is projected to be $870 billion, surpassing our defense budget of $822 billion. If deficit spending continues at its current pace, our Republic as we know it today, will cease to exist.
Its time for Congress to start asking the tough questions: Why are Americans being asked to borrow money to support foreign wars. Why are we supporting institutions of higher learning that are sitting on millions of dollars in endowments. Why do we continue to spend billions of dollars funding government agencies that have failed to perform the duties for which they were formed. Why did Congress remove the self-imposed "debt ceiling". Why are Americans being asked to spend billions to support illegal aliens.
"To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt .... I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple."
- Thomas Jefferson
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