Released excerpts from Senator Dan Coats (R-IN) on President Obama's State of the Union Address.
"Instead of detailing
a plan to reduce the record-high debt, he outlined a liberal laundry list of
new government programs and initiatives. I could almost hear the sound of a
cash register in the background with every new program."
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"While I am pleased he finally turned his focus back to the ongoing jobs
crisis in our country, I was left feeling very disappointed and frustrated that
the President continued to call for higher taxes to pay for more and more government
spending."
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"I don't believe the president acknowledges
the seriousness of our debt and fiscal crisis. We are nearly $16.5 trillion in
debt and $6 trillion of that debt is from the President's spending over the
last four years. Under his administration, the national debt grew, not shrank,
by $6 trillion– the largest increase of any presidency and he has four more
years to go."
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"Instead of detailing a plan to reduce the
record-high debt, he outlined a liberal laundry list of new government programs
and initiatives. I could almost hear the sound of a cash register in the
background with every new program."
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"Hoosiers and Americans across this country
are taxed enough. Washington cannot keep asking hardworking Americans to dig
deeper and pony up more money so that the federal government can spend more.
The American people are not falling for that."
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"Mr. President, I urge you to focus on fixing
our country's fiscal health. You don't do that by raising taxes. You do it by
enacting bold spending reforms. You do it by reducing our debt. You do it
by creating a budget so we can live within our means. You do it by promoting
pro-growth policies. This is how we strengthen America and grow. This is how we
get Americans back to work."
