Ed Martin released the following statement after President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight:
“There is a great deal to respond to in the President’s remarks. I’ll focus on spending and jobs. I recall my grandpa saying to his misbehaving grandchildren, ‘Your actions speak so loudly, I can hardly hear what you are saying.’ This is commonsense American wisdom and it sure is lacking in Washington, D.C. these days as our leaders say one thing and do another.”
“Tonight, Americans heard President Obama’s words read with great style. But Americans are tired of mere words and are demanding substance over style. President Obama and his Congress have for over a year enacted measures that have been wasteful and have failed to improve the lives of Americans. They have spent trillions of dollars on special interest giveaways, given some states kickbacks and payouts to buy congressional votes and have otherwise lost focus on what Americans are most concerned about.”
“Here at home in the Third Congressional District, Russ Carnahan is in lockstep with the President’s agenda, proving he too is out of touch and does not care about his constituents interests. He voted for the nearly $1 trillion so-called stimulus bill that promised jobs but failed to deliver. Carnahan voted to give Chrysler $18 billion. Chrysler took the money, closed the plant and sent the jobs out of the country. Carnahan supports Obama’s misguided health care “reform” proposal despite the fact that it will raise taxes and will inevitably cut care for our seniors.”
“While I support calls to freeze spending, President Obama’s words again are already out of tune with his action. He is freezing only certain spending. He plans to keep spending billions overseas even as Americans struggle here at home. Given that he is already engaging in sleight of hand, how can we believe the most profligate spender in American history or his free-spending, rubber-stamping congressmen like Russ Carnahan will change?”
“It’s time to put aside empty words and move forward with common sense. This is Missouri – “Show Me.” We expect the President and Congress to stop the wasteful spending and get focused on priorities that matter to us including our families, our jobs, and our futures.”
