Illinois Republican Party
Rep. Manzullo Responds to President
Obama’s State of the Union Address
(WASHINGTON, 1-27-10) Congressman Don Manzullo (R-Egan)
tonight issued the following statement responding to President Obama’s State
of the Union Address to Congress and the nation:
STATEMENT
“It’s good to hear President Obama talk about the need to
help create jobs in America. But I’m concerned his fix will involve more
deficit-hiking government spending. We have actually lost 3 million jobs
since the President signed into law the failed $862 billion stimulus bill,
and our national debt has surpassed $12 trillion.
“We need a colossal change in thinking here, and I implore
President Obama to halt the ineffective government spending that is
burdening future generations with debt, and instead focus on helping the
private sector create jobs. At a minimum, Congress needs to stop pursuing
job-killing legislation – like the health care and cap and trade bills –
that would put another 8 million Americans out of work and hike taxes and
health and energy costs for Americans. My
American Jobs Agenda offers a host of
legislative avenues to help create economic opportunities for our employers
to put Americans back to work.”
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Chairman-Pat
Brady
205 West Randolph
Street, Suite 1245 Chicago, IL 60606
Website:
www.ilgop.org
E-mail:
chairman@ilgop.org
If you watched President
Obama's State of the Union speech last night, you saw
a
painfully transparent attempt to spin a tale far different from the
reality Americans have witnessed over the last twelve months.
As Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have dragged our country in the
wrong direction by pushing their elitist government-knows-best policies,
Americans have realized that the
"change
we can believe in" has become change they didn't want.
We have seen a year of ethically challenged appointees, haphazard attempts
at keeping America safe from terror, failed "stimulus" plans, budget busting
deficits, back room deals with special interests, and Obama's blatant
attempt to continue binge spending with unprecedented debt.
Americans across the country are telling President Obama and Congressional
Democrats to hit the brakes on their binge spending and government-run
liberal experiments and focus on the economy and our security -- but they
arrogantly refuse to listen.
It is clear that President Obama has failed to bring any kind of
responsibility to Washington.
Friend, after our recent victory in Massachusetts' Senate race and last
November's gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, it's the
perfect time for you to invest in stopping them from dragging America to the
left. Please
make a secure online gift to support the RNC's efforts to elect
Republican candidates who will reverse the damage done by the Obama
Democrats' liberal policies.
The American people demand the responsible and responsive government they
deserve to bring us out of this recession and lead with humility and
respect. It is up to you and the RNC to make that happen -- help us end the
Democrats' stranglehold on Washington
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Sincerely,
Michael Steele
Chairman, Republican National Committee
