Mary Silva

Mary Silva earned a high school diploma from Richland High School. She earned a bachelor's degree from Western Washington University in 2003, a graduate degree from Washington State University in 2006, and a Doctor of Audiology from Salus University in 2009. Her career experience includes working as an audiologist.[1] Silva has been affiliated with the Washington State Academy of Audiology.[2]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a mother, an audiologist, and defender of the Constitution. My path to public service began as a concerned citizen who raised alarms regarding a critical national security threat: offshoring the core coding and fabrication of our chips and software left our vital infrastructure vulnerable to foreign espionage and cyberattacks right here in WA state. I was finding evidence of this threat and seeing it being used against us to leverage our unsuspecting citizens and government officials during the investigation into the hack of our Employment Security Department, during Covid.

Seeking solutions, I sent my research into the larger espionage problem directly to my Congresswoman and every lawmaker in the state, hoping someone would alert the American people of the dangers we faced. Though I requested meetings, I was never able to speak with any of these lawmakers directly. The experience left me with an overwhelming feeling that our leaders were not listening. Our community deserves leaders who listen to and communicate openly with their constituents. I am running for Congress to ensure everyday citizens always have a seat at the table, to secure our technological independence, and to contribute towards building a safer, freer, and more prosperous nation for our people.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Washington’s cost of living has skyrocketed due to inflation and a severe housing shortage, which drives up everyday expenses like groceries and daycare. A 10% sales tax and hidden B&O taxes squeeze the middle class, who spend 9-11% of their income on local taxes. Taxing the wealthy hasn't improved middle-class take-home pay.

To fix housing, we should reward local governments that streamline permitting, free up community bank lending, and cap Wall Street investors from hoarding single-family homes, ensuring local families can compete.

Finally, we must cut middle-class taxes, deregulate, slash green energy mandates, and expand domestic energy production to lower costs and increase take-home pay for first district residents.For too long, politicians have allowed our most critical cyber tech and manufacturing drift out of Washington and out of the country, handing leverage to foreign governments, private interests, and multi‑national corporations. That is a direct threat to our sovereignty and to our children’s future. I will fight to continue to bring those lost jobs and capabilities back to Washington. We should be building chips, servers, and advanced systems here, with American workers under American laws; not crossing our fingers that overseas suppliers and foreign standards hold steady. When we keep our innovation and supply chain at home, we protect our national security, strengthen our economy, and safeguard the local families who depend on those jobs.Serious crimes have been committed against our people for decades, and we cannot heal our nation until we hold the perpetrators accountable. Americans have suffered grave failures of transparency and justice while ordinary people paid the price.

In the House, my highest priority will be to press for public hearings into the involvement of Israeli and other foreign intelligence agencies in the terrorist attacks on our soil on September 11, 2001. Our $50 billion intelligence community has failed to act while foreign entities fully penetrated our critical infrastructure, economic, military, and political systems. I will demand a full investigation into how this happened, expose failures of transparency, and restore accountability.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Intelligence Oversight: Reforming FISA court rules and strengthening whistleblower protections to balance national security with civil liberties.

Counter-Espionage & Cyber: Protecting critical infrastructure (power grids, voting systems) and economic intellectual property from state-sponsored foreign hackers.

Transparency Reform: Curbing government over-classification of documents and modernizing FOIA to ensure stronger congressional and public accountability.

Foreign Influence: Blocking covert foreign disinformation campaigns and funding meant to disrupt U.S. elections.

Top Committees of interest: House Intelligence or House Oversight.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

There are many. I look up to whistleblowers like Gary Webb, who exposed the fact that the CIA-backed Nicaraguan contras were funneling cocaine into LA's neighborhoods and fueling the crack epidemic in the 1980s to fund their war in Nicaragua. Webb was shot and killed for his journalism and integrity. I look up to people who told the truth in the face of adversity; fearless individuals who suffered to bring us the uncomfortable or inconvenient reality, when the powerful wanted to keep it hidden and the public preferred not to know. Gary Webb and others like him are the ones who raise the bar for our society.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Authenticity is number one. The best elected officials know themselves well and work to improve every day. Being accessible is also an important quality for the job. Elected officials should have a firm sense of conviction, a strong backbone and a willingness to tell the truth with compassion to their constituents and fellow lawmakers. It's also important to be resilient, open to new ideas, and to be willing to change course when new information informs a better path forward. There's no shame in changing a position if there is strong evidence to support it, but when we see officials pander or flip flop to appease special interests or to make money for their buddies, that is a whole other issue.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Upholding and defending the Constitution. Listening to the American People.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I want to be remembered as a mother who trusted her instincts and stepped up to protect the world her daughter will inherit. I answered an unexpected calling to deliver a difficult, necessary message to those who needed to hear it. I want to show Washingtonians that "civics" and "politics" do not have to be dirty words. We have been blessed with a Constitution and a Bill of Rights, and we share a duty to remain vigilant in their defense. My hope is to inspire others to get involved in their local governments, take risks, and live purposefully. We must realize that we are the ones who determine the direction of our country, our state, and our communities. We cannot leave it to others. This is our home, and this is our country.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I was a waitress for a summer at age 15. I worked several jobs in high school and throughout college. Working from a young age taught me the benefits of working, how to overcome set backs, to set goals and take the needed steps to achieve them.

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

My biggest struggle is finding the time to do all the things I want to do.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

The power of the purse. Controlling how funds are raised and spent is a huge power and it is the power to incentivize some while penalizing others. This is a power not to be taken lightly.

What do you perceive to be the United States' greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Our greatest challenge will be staying true to our founding American principles, as we free ourselves fully from foreign influence and control. If we can successfully free ourselves, we can then begin to help free the world by setting the example for how we break free and remain free. We are soon going to be faced with even more incredible technologies that will change what we thought we knew about this world. We will be challenged with ethical questions, moral questions, legal questions and spiritual questions about how to handle and use these technologies for our betterment, while avoiding losing ourselves to these technologies. We are already seeing autonomous vehicles, murder drones, automation technologies, robots that have superhuman strength and plans to turn entire cities into fully enclosed high-tech hamlets. This is why we must involve ourselves in the political process. If we do not learn to speak up and speak out, the powers that should not be will use these technologies to ultimately silence us. So far, I am hopeful that we are on the right track. I see more and more people speaking out every day.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

It depends on what's being compromised. If we are talking about principles, no. If we are talking about crafting a deal that will satisfy everyone and also no one at the same time, then yes, compromise is needed sometimes. It really depends on the context and sometimes you have to accept that your policy ideas are not ready for the real world yet.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Stand for Health Freedom

LD12 Republicans

King County GOP

What was the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember?

The fall of the Berlin Wall.

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I have worked for the past 19 years as an audiologist in Washington State. I am a wife, a mother and a Christian. I volunteer as a board member for my professional state organization and I volunteer once a week at my child’s school. I do the things ordinary people do, when they want to make a positive impact on their world. I love to laugh and be surrounded by my family and friends. I feel immense gratitude for the life I have been given. In my spare time, I follow geopolitics, study history and engage in political activism. I watched on in horror as a pandemic of information warfare swept through our nation, removing sanity and common sense from many of our leaders, confounding our citizenry. Over the past few years, I have sensed our hope for the future has been stolen from us and it is becoming increasingly difficult for our younger generations, in particular, to plan for the future.

It is evident that our country and way of life are being subverted, from both enemies without and within. We are being bombarded by contrived crises and being herded towards polarizing ends that do not benefit the interests of our people and which only serve to place us at odds with one another. I am running for Congress because I am not willing to sit here and just allow it to continue to happen, on my watch. I feel I must take part in this fight and help bring our people together. I want to show the younger generations what's occurred, how we turn this around and how to have hope again.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

The core message of my platform is that I want to bring technology jobs back to Washington State and protect our national security. We are now in danger of cyber attacks on our critical infrastructure, which could potentially cripple our society because private American technology companies shipped core fabrication and research departments of key sensitive cyber infrastructure abroad. We received that cyber infrastructure back full of back door security flaws. We need to regain control and fix this problem. There are cyber security professionals who know how to solve this, but their concerns have fallen on deaf ears for years. I am running to give these cyber security professionals a voice. I will work with them to fix this mess.In order to put an end to the foreign interference by the banking-industrial complex, we must end the foundation system of funding and control. Think tanks, round table groups and foundations behave as if they are above our State Dept and are at the heart of how we find ourselves in endless foreign wars and in this hostile takeover of our technology sector. End the foundations, end the funding, end the interference in our government policies. We will be better off without this menacing network, funding their manipulative schemes on our soil. The United States is like a battered spouse, we don't think we have the strength to end it, but we have to end it now or things will continue to worsen for our people.I want to see our citizens join together again and work toward enacting common sense policies that improve our local communities and heal our people from these past several years of insanity. I believe if we understand who has manipulated us into this great divide, we will find our common ground again. We used to debate eagerly and disagree civilly. We used to give one another the benefit of the doubt and we used to have a common bond in fighting for individual liberty and the Constitution. We need to remember what it means to be an American and realize that it is we who make up our government. We need to insist our elected officials remove the unelected usurpers of our power, or we will remove them. Our duty is to defend the Constitution.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Protecting national security is the most important responsibility of government and it is my greatest passion. A secure nation is necessary to protect our liberty, to maintain economic opportunities, to ensure the rule of law is upheld, to facilitate innovation and create jobs. As we become more and more dependent upon new and emerging technologies to function in our daily lives, American technology companies will continue to play an ever increasing role in our national security. As these technologies evolve, it will become increasingly necessary to develop policies which protect our nation and our technology companies from industrial espionage, in order to stay ahead of protecting our national security.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I look up to Katherine Pollard Griggs. She blew the whistle on the corruption and degeneracy of elements within the highest ranks of our military. She exposed a mafia operating in plain sight. Her testimony opened my eyes to the way the world really works. We owe her a tremendous debt for her patriotism, her honesty and courage. Without her testimony, we would be missing huge pieces of the puzzle, with regards to how we reached this low point, in our nation's history.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

I have too many books to list that have inspired my political philosophy.

Spiritually, we all find inspiration that underlies our philosophy. The Bible, which may sound corny to those who do not take it seriously, has been a big source of inspiration for me. The bravery and strength shown by the life of Jesus inspires me and reminds me that we are all here for a beautiful purpose and that we all have the ability to move humanity forward through our actions, if we are willing to answer our calling. Proverbs is also where I turn, when I am feeling in need of wisdom and inspiration.

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan is a beautiful story of staying true to your calling and also inspires my spirit.

Authors who have educated me are G. Edward Griffin, Anthony Sutton, Niki Raapana, Diana West, James Bamford, Nicole Perlroth, Peter Zeihan, Israel Shahak, James Bernstein, Thomas Sowell, Anatoliy Golitsyn, William Cooper, Patrick Bergy, and Christopher Bollyn, among many, many others.

I recommend Kay Grigg's 7 hour interview with Pastor Rick Strawcutter. It can be found on YouTube and it is pinned on my facebook page.

I also recommend Norman Dodd's interview on the foundation system to further understand the funding behind the long-range Soviet planning strategy to bring about convergence with the United States.

The one film I recommend to understand how the political sausage is made and how the veil over our eyes is maintained is "Wag the Dog" with Dustin Hoffman and Robert DeNiro.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

A respect and high regard for the Constitution and our Bill of Rights; Integrity; a high regard for ethics; a love of humanity; a willingness to serve; faith in the people to make good decisions when presented with the whole truth; intestinal fortitude to make difficult decisions; courage; mental strength and a thick skin; ability to communicate difficult concepts, problems and solutions; a high regard for individual liberty; ability for discernment when presented with difficult situations or contradictory data sets; a low tolerance for liars, gaslighters and thieves and a willingness to sternly tell them and even show them that they won't be tolerated.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

I care and I listen.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

1) defending the Constitution,

2) balancing the budget

3) declaring war, if needed to defend our nation (not to promote the agenda of bankers)

4) passing legislation keeping in mind #1

5) conducting investigations and bringing accountability

What legacy would you like to leave?

I would like to be remembered as someone who answered her calling, dared to speak the unspoken truth to help her fellow citizens help themselves and as someone who loved her family beyond words.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The first historical event that was seared into my brain, was watching the fall of the Berlin wall on television. I was 10 years old. This was when I first remembered becoming interested in world events. I remember feeling proud of President Reagan. Later, in 2001, I was living in Spain and I shared a room with an exchange student who grew up living in East Germany. Even decades later, my roommate would become emotional, speaking about her difficult and horrible childhood experiences living under such abusive and dystopian conditions. I realized how this trauma never leaves those who live under these conditions, even if they only experience it for a short while.

When I returned from Spain, another historical event happened. This one caused an existential crisis for me on September 11, 2001, when my sense of security was rattled upon watching the attacks on our soil. I was 21 years old. In the years following the attacks, I began to understand that we were not being told the truth and I became determined, from that point on to question everything I was told by authority.

This experience guided my decisions during the pandemic, as I sensed we were being faced with conflicting daily, sometimes hourly, breaking news broadcasts and a constant barrage of insulting narratives, which I felt were inflaming a sense of anxiety in our people, instead of informing us. Many of our people lost their livelihoods for refusing to be coerced into shutting down their businesses or taking a newly released pharmaceutical product into their bodies, as a condition of employment. I will not rest until we get answers about what happened here and bring justice for our people.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I was a waitress. It was my first summer job. I did it for one summer and it was hard work!

What is your favorite book? Why?

George Orwell's 1984. It's a timeless piece of work that helps us explore the extreme dystopian possibilities when we choose compliance and collectivism over protecting individual liberty.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

The angel on Henry Kissinger's right shoulder.

I would have advised him to take up line dancing and to stay out China, away from Yevgeny Primakov and Putin. I'd have urged him to mind his own business with regards to Southeast Asia, to keep our men out of Vietnam and maybe don't help to shift the world's center of gravity from the Atlantic to the Pacific, by nosing around for elite bankers and helping them ship our manufacturing and high tech jobs overseas.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

We didn't start the fire, by Billy Joel. It's also one of my favorite songs.

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Finding harmony and balance. Finding enough time in the day to make my family feel cared for, as of late. Remembering to take care of myself. Running for Congress while working full time is kind of a lot, I'm not gonna lie.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

It's ability to annoy those who love to rule by executive dictatorship.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

Experience is always beneficial, but it is not necessary.

What do you perceive to be the United States' greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Protecting our National Security is the greatest challenge we face. It is the reason I am running for Congress. We face threats both from within and without. We have to investigate and hold accountable the network of individuals who have put us in this position, compromising our national security by sending our technology and manufacturing jobs overseas. We need to bring forth legislation, which addresses the revolving door problem we have in this country, and keep control over our sensitive technology. Private corporations who have a strong role in maintaining our national security need to be held to higher standards and they can never be allowed to lose or sell American sensitive technology abroad, where it may end up in the hands of our enemies.

Another challenge we face, as a nation, is the fact that we are being intentionally and strategically undermined by our mainstream media and social/alternative media with the introduction of endless manufactured crises, gaslighting, and propaganda. This is a national security concern, as we are being psychologically subverted and divided against one another for a purpose that serves our enemies and weakens us, as a nation. These psychological operations harm our individual and collective mental well-being. Families have been divided, friends have been lost and loved ones have been taken from us. It is time we come together as a people to sort this out and save our nation together, across political divides. As citizens we can no longer allow fear and anxiety to dictate our decision making processes. I will bring forward members of the media who have left evidence of their operations all over the internet to answer questions about who paid them to mislead the American people and determine how and from where they received their information. The First Amendment is, of course, sacred and there will be a high bar for sedition, but operators need to understand the price of sedition is costly. We cannot allow this to continue.

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

No, but only because one of those years is spent on re-election. I feel 5 years is a more appropriate term.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

While I do not feel we need any more career politicians, I believe the people should always be in control of selecting their representatives. If a great representative comes along and the people want that representative to stay on for many years, voters should have the option to keep voting for them. Where problems arise is when representatives enter office earning a normal salary and leave office multi-millionaires from self-enrichment schemes, at the expense of their constituents. The term limits argument, while attractive to consider as a solution to combat corruption, fails to address the real issue of the fact that our representatives are targeted immediately by lobbyists and special interest groups from the moment they enter office. This is where the real problems begin. We need to shift our focus to removing the money out of politics and keeping lobbyists away from our newly elected representatives, as they learn the ropes of their new job. I will tell those lobbyists and special interest groups to move along. Once elected, I am there for one purpose, to do the job my constituents hired me to do.

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Senator Joseph McCarthy, without question. I believe he will be vindicated and the American people will understand that he was destroyed because he chose to go after a very powerful criminal network. The KGB files, Diana West's work on the Silvermaster spy ring, and the Venona files are all good sources of information for anyone who wants to understand more about the history of that time. The Red Scare did not appear out of a vacuum, as the above resources clearly indicate. Furthermore, as Anatoliy Golitsyn's work shows, the Soviets didn't disappear after the break up of the Soviet Union, they just put in place a long-range strategic Soviet plan for convergence with the United States, for the purpose of taking us over from within. We are living with the results of ignoring Golitsyn's warnings today.

Both sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

What touches me the most is hearing people's experiences living through the Covid pandemic. Some have told me they lost their businesses and others lost their family members from illness and others feel from lack of proper medical care, being told to go home until their symptoms progressed to "bad enough" to be treated. I have heard from family members who could not visit their loved ones during the early phases of the lockdowns. What really hits home are the stories from people who felt forced to vaccinate to keep their jobs or be able to see their loved ones in nursing homes. As a healthcare provider, I am aware of the culture among some in the healthcare field of believing we know better than our patients do. My patients taught me, as a young clinician working in elective healthcare, the importance of being a partner with my patients and in sensing where they are at in the process of accepting care. It is never justified to coerce or remove informed consent, even if we, as healthcare providers, believe we know better. We may have the tools and the knowledge, but we are only as good as our ability to inform our patients about their options. Furthermore, I feel that politicians and employers have no business making recommendations or mandates on our health care decisions. If they wish to abuse their power or position of authority, then these bad actors should be held personally liable for any injuries resulting from coerced or mandated medical treatments or products. It's only fair.

Tell us your favorite joke.

Q: Name a government organization that actually listens to you.

A: The NSA!

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Willingness to compromise is a necessary ingredient in policymaking. It may be that the best choice is to not compromise on a particular policy making decision or issue, if compromise will hurt your constituents or cause you to violate your principles or the Constitution.

The Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected?

I would prioritize a budget resolution.

How should the U.S. House use its investigative powers?

To investigate corruption, to protect the nation, and to bring justice for the people.

What committees interest you?

Homeland Security, Oversight and Accountability, Foreign Affairs, Ethics

What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?

I believe it is critical to a functioning government and a free society. Without transparency and accountability, we find ourselves in our current situation where unelected people, working on behalf of private networks, noodle their way into vehicles of power to take them over, where they incrementally establish a monopoly over the political power of the people. This is how we find ourselves in endless wars benefiting the unelected people, who profit from them, while hurting our people and the people of other countries