“In these parts farmers use pitchforks to clean their manure out of their stalls, and I tell people everywhere I go that I’m gonna take the pitchfork to the House floor and clean the manure out of the Capitol.”   

Here is my Van Irion promise to you - I will not fold, I will not give in on my core beliefs when the going gets tough. I will not cave when it comes to the reasons that you sent me into the lions’ den to represent you. America can only regain its strength if we do the difficult things – it’s the easy things that got us into the fix we are in. We will never solve the fiscal crisis America is in until we elect representatives with the guts to stand up and say NO – THIS STOPS HERE AND GOES NO FURTHER! That is the most compassionate action I can take for the 3rd district, and for America. Because if we don’t start wholesale cutting the spending in DC the only way this country will pay back its debt is by continuing to print more money. Ask the Weimar Republic how that worked for them. Ask Argentina if they liked having a loaf of bread cost $1 in the morning and $3 in the afternoon and $20 by the end of the week. Runaway inflation is a killer, literally. If we don't stand up now, it will surely come to our shores.

Got a question? – send me an email! van@van4congress.org 

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Upcoming Events

• Mar 11th, 6:00pm - Anderson County TEA Party Meeting, Clinton Community Center
• Mar 10th - 13th, Claiborne County Campaign Tour
• Mar 16th - 6:30pm, Campaign for Liberty meeting, Gunbarrel Rd Golden Corral, Chattanooga
• Mar 20th - 6:00pm, Rhea County Lincoln Day Dinner, Rhea County High School
• Mar 20th -21st, Cleveland Gun Show, National Guard Armory, 4185 Dalton Pike
• Mar 25th - 6:30pm, Hamilton County Young Republicans, Chattanooga
• Mar 27th - 9:30am, Concerned Citizens for The Constitution, Soddy Daisy American Legion Hall
• Mar 27th - 12:00pm, Van Irion Cookout Fund Raiser, Gregg Juster, Chattanooga, TN
• Mar 27th - 3:00pm, UTC College Republicans Cookout, Sigma Chi House UTC Campus
• Mar 27th - 6:00pm, Bradley County Lincoln Day Dinner, Cleveland High School Commons
• April 1st - 7:00pm, Meet the 3rd District Candidates, Lookout Valley Neighborhood Association

Restore our Liberty, our Economy & our Jobs

I'm Fed Up! Our government is out of control. We the people must take back our government, and we have to do it NOW!

We will never solve the fiscal crisis America finds herself in until we elect representatives with the guts, the intestinal fortitude, and the gumption to stand up and say NO - THIS STOPS HERE AND GOES NO FURTHER- that is the most compassionate action I can take for you, the third district, and America. If we don't start cutting the spending in DC - and drastically, the only way that this country will pay back it's debt is by printing money. Ask the Weimar Republic how that went - ask Argentina if they liked having a loaf of bread cost $1 dollar in the morning and $3 in the afternoon and $20 by the end of the week. Runaway inflation is a not so silent killer, and if we don't stand up now, it will surely come to our shores.  

Are you as mad as I am? Do you want to:

• Get Government Out of Our Lives
• Fix the Economy
• Create Jobs
• Abolish the IRS
• Reduce the National Debt

Sound impossible? It's not. In fact it's simple. It just takes leadership. Send me to Washington and I will provide the leadership we desperately need to get this country back on track. I have a vision for restoring our liberty, economy and jobs, a plan to make it happen and the passion to never give up the fight. Please help me take back our government.

About Van Irion (pronounced "ear-ee-on")…

Van is a Christian, married 13 years, and the proud father of two girls, ages 8 and 11. He is a patent attorney with his own law firm, Law Office of Van R Irion, PLLC. His practice includes patents, business transactions, contract disputes, civil litigation, and constitutional law. His favorite legal work is to help clients start new businesses. East Tennessee is blessed with all the ingredients for great business ventures: intelligent and creative people, a low tax burden and amazing resources for business development. He loves to be a part of our region's economic development.

Van also served as an Air Traffic Controller in the US Air Force. After the Air force he earned a degree in Biochemistry and worked as a medical researcher at the UC Davis School of Medicine. During that time he was proud to serve as a Volunteer Firefighter/EMT, donating more than 2000 hours to his community.

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Recent Family Portrait

Van with oldest daughter Kaiya, 2001