Rep. Todd Young Responds to President Obama's Final State of the Union Address

Congressman Todd Young (R-IN) released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address on Tuesday night:

"Rather than use this scarce opportunity to assure the whole of the American people, President Obama spent the majority of his final State of the Union dictating his preferred presidential legacy. He did so using the pretext of the world as he wishes it would be--delivering a speech divorced from reality and the actual concerns of the American people."

"The Hoosiers I hear from in Indiana have a very different opinion of the last eight years under President Obama's stewardship. The rosy economic picture painted by the President is inconsistent with the situation of middle-class families and small businesses struggling to make ends meet. Especially when families and business owners struggle not in spite of President Obama's policies, but often as a direct result of them."

"For tens of millions of Americans, higher premiums, skyrocketing deductibles, and stagnant wages are the defining characteristics of this presidency. For small businesses across Indiana, the Obama administration has become synonymous with an increased cost of doing business, tax increases, and overregulation."

"I fear that for United States military personnel and veterans, President Obama's time in office will be defined by mismanagement, repeated failures, and a lack of leadership that will impact our national security for years to come."

"Unfortunate precedents have been set by this President's disregard for our system of government, and we must fight doggedly in the coming year to reverse course. That begins with demonstrating leadership where the Obama White House will not and taking necessary steps in Congress to guarantee the safety and security of the American people. If President Obama wants his legacy to be remembered by future generations of free Americans, he must stop eroding the rule of law, stop with unilateral executive actions on the domestic front and turn his focus to projecting strength abroad. I hope in the coming weeks he'll engage Congress in all these endeavors."

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