Bennet Statement in Response to the State of the Union

Statement

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement in response to President Trump's State of the Union Address:

"Not surprisingly, tonight's speech was full of half-truths and outright lies. In his boasts about the economy, the president ignored that the American economy is creating jobs at a slower rate than when Barack Obama was in his second term. He ignored that farm bankruptcies are at an eight-year high as a result of his reckless trade policies. He bragged instead about his tax cut that gave $37 billion to the wealthiest Americans and large corporations.

"Everywhere I go in Colorado, people tell me they can't afford some combination of housing, health care, child care, or higher education -- in other words, a middle-class life. They're worried about their children's future. Political rhetoric and inflated statistics will do nothing to solve the real challenges they face every day."

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