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Congressman Boehner on the State of the
Union & Republican Address to the Nation
Boehner: “Adding to our
debt and pushing us closer to bankruptcy for the sake of more
‘stimulus’ spending will not make our nation more competitive.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) issued the
following statement following the State of the Union and the Republican
Address to the Nation:
“We were honored to receive President Obama in the people’s House
tonight for his State of the Union address. I appreciate the fact
that the president recognizes the need to reach out and work together
whenever possible.
“As I’ve stated in the past, when the president is willing to work with
us on the people’s priorities, we’ll be ready to work with him.
Unfortunately, even as he talked about the need for fiscal discipline,
President Obama called for more ‘stimulus’ spending without making a
commitment to the cuts and reforms the American people are
demanding. Adding to our debt and pushing us closer to bankruptcy
for the sake of more ‘stimulus’ spending will not make our nation more
competitive. A partial freeze is inadequate at a time when we’re
borrowing 41 cents of every dollar we spend, and the Administration is
begging for another increase in the debt limit. Rather than lock
in the job-crushing spending binge of the last two years, we are
working to carry out our pledge to cut spending to pre-‘stimulus,’
pre-bailout levels and impose real spending caps. The people sent
us here to focus on creating jobs and cutting spending, and that’s
exactly what we intend to do.
“In the Republican Address, Paul Ryan did an excellent job of defining
the size and scope of our fiscal challenges. It was exactly the
kind of straightforwardness the people are expecting from us right
now. He offered the American people a positive vision of how a
smaller, less costly, and more accountable government can promote
private sector job creation and lasting prosperity.”
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