Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN-05) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address this evening:
“Tonight, as the Nation continues to suffer from high unemployment and a lagging economy, the President addressed the American people. Rather than presenting them with plausible solutions to the fundamental problems that plague our country, the President chose to give yet another tired campaign speech. The content of this evening’s speech was not accented by past accomplishments or hope for what the future may bring, but rather the same hyper-partisan rhetoric that has become a trademark of his administration. Given the critical point at which the United States currently finds itself, I had sincerely hoped that the President could have taken this opportunity to deviate from his campaign talking points.
“Unfortunately, the simple truth of the past year paints a starker picture than the President would have you believe. Under his leadership, America has witnessed the longest period of sustained high unemployment since the Great Depression. Our National Debt has grown by more than $4 Trillion dollars and now exceeds an unprecedented $15 Trillion in total, largely thanks to the failed stimulus package and a quixotic government takeover of our Nation’s healthcare system. The most perplexing feature of these astronomical figures is that the President managed to accrue them without passing a budget in the past 1000 days, perhaps the most disturbing precedent that can be attributed to the President and his cabal.
“We have come to a point where his nebulous jobs bill is not the only thing the American people can’t wait for. They also can’t wait for Washington to put the politics of division aside and get its fiscal House in order; and most importantly, the American people can’t wait to have a President who can lead something other than a campaign.”
