GOP Address: Rep. Jeb Hensarling Says Obama Has Failed on Promises
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Hensarling [dot] House [dot] gov(WASHINGTON) — On the heels of the president State of the Union address, Texas Congressman Jeb Hensarling says the economy has only worsened since President Obama took office. In this week’s Republican address, Hensarling reviews some of the president’s past promises.
“As [President Obama] prepares for his State of the Union address, it’s worth reviewing the previous messages he’s delivered to a nation eager to create jobs,” Rep. Hensarling says. In 2009, we were told that if we passed his ‘stimulus’ plan, the economy would improve. In 2010, we were told that if we passed his government takeover of health care, the economy would improve. Last year, we were told that his budget would help us ‘win the future.”
Hensarling then points to ways in which he says the president has failed on his promises and the economy is now only in worse shape than before, “regardless of the president’s good intentions.”
“Since President Obama took office, 1.9 million fewer Americans have jobs. Gas prices have doubled. More Americans are on food stamps than ever before. The new health care law is making it harder for small businesses to hire and provide health insurance. Our national debt now exceeds the size of our entire economy. And as the president takes to the podium to address the nation, we will be marking 1,000 days since the Democrat-controlled Senate has even bothered to pass a budget.”
Rep. Hensarling further condemns the president’s decision to pass on the Keystone pipeline project. He says that despite the project’s support by a “diverse coalition, from unions and small businesses to lawmakers in both parties,” President Obama, “rejected the project and buried 20,000 shovel ready jobs.”
Now, Hensarling says in the address, “Republicans will continue fighting to bring these Keystone jobs to the United States.”
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