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Tonight, President Bush did not put forward bold new ideas to lay the groundwork for bipartisan progress on the issues most important to our nation. Last year, the new Democratic majorities in Congress began to move our nation in a new direction. But we recognize that we must work on a bipartisan basis if we are to achieve the real changes that the American people want -- reinvigorating our economy, restoring fiscal discipline, reducing global warming, and responsibility redeploying our troops in Iraq.
The determination and will of the American people is strong and resolute, however the bleak state of our economy and the over-burdensome strains being placed on our military personnel and their families are disheartening. With unemployment numbers rising, our housing markets plummeting and the stock market sagging, now is the time for the President to work with the New Direction Congress in a more cooperative manner to remedy the fiscal ills plaguing America.
The determination and will of the American people is strong and resolute, however the bleak state of our economy and the over-burdensome strains being placed on our military personnel and their families are disheartening. With unemployment numbers rising, our housing markets plummeting and the stock market sagging, now is the time for the President to work with the New Direction Congress in a more cooperative manner to remedy the fiscal ills plaguing America.
Tonight, President Bush addressed this Congress in his State of the Union for the last time in his presidency. Unfortunately, what we heard was more of the same. While Americans wait with bated breath for relief from an impending recession; relief from the subprime mortgage crisis; relief from skyrocketing healthcare costs; and light at the end of the tunnel in the Iraq War, this President addressed us with the rhetoric of a failed legacy. The past seven years have set this country back by decades.Tonight, President Bush addressed this Congress in his State of the Union for the last time in his presidency. Unfortunately, what we heard was more of the same. While Americans wait with bated breath for relief from an impending recession; relief from the subprime mortgage crisis; relief from skyrocketing healthcare costs; and light at the end of the tunnel in the Iraq War, this President addressed us with the rhetoric of a failed legacy. The past seven years have set this country back by decades.We have so many challenges facing our nation -- a reeling housing market, a slumping economy, and the ongoing war in Iraq - yet, I didn't hear anything new from the President tonight on these issues. In California, more than 31,600 residents have lost their homes to foreclosure in the past three months, including nearly 650 families in the 32nd district. My constituents are looking for relief and for an American economy that works for all workers. The bi-partisan stimulus package is a beginning, but we must do more.
We have so many challenges facing our nation -- a reeling housing market, a slumping economy, and the ongoing war in Iraq - yet, I didn't hear anything new from the President tonight on these issues. In California, more than 31,600 residents have lost their homes to foreclosure in the past three months, including nearly 650 families in the 32nd district. My constituents are looking for relief and for an American economy that works for all workers. The bi-partisan stimulus package is a beginning, but we must do more.
America needed to hear from a leader tonight, but instead we heard from a follower: a president following his same, worn out and ineffective solutions to the real problems facing the American people. The President called for spending more and more and more, and he would do so by mortgaging America again and again and again. He wants to borrow everything from foreign countries; this was a speech by a president who has lost touch with reality.
America needed to hear from a leader tonight, but instead we heard from a follower: a president following his same, worn out and ineffective solutions to the real problems facing the American people. The President called for spending more and more and more, and he would do so by mortgaging America again and again and again. He wants to borrow everything from foreign countries; this was a speech by a president who has lost touch with reality.
2008 presents a tremendous opportunity for Democrats and Republicans to shatter the mold and public expectations by working together to achieve bipartisan solutions on key issues. Nowhere is this more critical than in the area of tax reform. America has one of the highest corporate tax rates among industrialized nations and Secretary Paulson has repeatedly spoken of the need to eliminate unfair tax preferences in the code to allow for a reduction in the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 30.5 percent or below.