Hensarling on State of the Union Address

by Naph on March 31, 2014

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), a leading conservative and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement in response to President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address:

“Tonight, the president talked of the many things that could be accomplished with bigger government through more regulations and spending. However, his solutions are just more of the same failed policies that have left Americans facing looming uncertainty, shrinking paychecks, rising costs, and greater dependency on the federal government. With the highest poverty rate in a generation, median household income having fallen each year that he has been in office and a record 47 million Americans on food stamps some Americans may just wonder what side of the War on Poverty the president is on.

“This is not right. This is not fair. And it’s not what hardworking, struggling families in the Fifth District of Texas are looking for. People like Joseph of Mabank, who explained ‘I am a disabled veteran and have been without work for over a year…all I want is to have a good-paying job, and let the rest happen as it comes,’ or Claudia of Mineola who shared with me that she was laid off for nine months before she finally found a job that paid her 25 percent less and added 60 miles to her daily commute. She said ‘I don’t have the American taxpayers bailing me out or lending me money that I can’t pay back.’