Owens Statement on President Trump’s State of the Union Address

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Burgess Owens released the following statement after President Trump’s State of the Union Address this evening.

“Common sense has returned to the White House.

“President Trump showed yet again how he and Republicans are keeping the promises we made to the American people to bring sanity back to Washington. 

“What a stark contrast we saw tonight from the weak presidency of Joe Biden and his term that was defined by chaos, recklessness, and the abandonment of his incredible responsibility. 

“Remember, the nation under Biden saw gas and grocery prices soar, and mortgage rates hit a 23-year high. He weakened our borders and practically encouraged tens of millions of illegal immigrants to pour into the country, which enriched the cartels and allowed for unprecedented human suffering from the illicit drug and human trafficking that thrived due to a weak border. Remarkably, and unfortunately, the left hasn’t learned anything from their abject failures. 

“They also literally wouldn’t stand up for American citizens.

“President Trump and House Republicans have worked hard to bring down costs at the pumpand at the grocery store, to bring down mortgage rates and inflation and spent our time cutting needless red-tape, unleashing American energy, and bringing back fiscal sanity so the government can get out of the way of hard-working Americans. 

“Democrats continue to throw a tantrum and voted yet again to shut down the government this time, forcing thousands of Secret Service, FEMA, Coast Guard, and TSA Agents to work without pay after giving us years of chaos on the southern border.

“I’m grateful for a president and a Congress that understands and respects that the money spent in Washington did not magically appear, it came from the pockets of hard-working Americans.”

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