Amodei Statement on SOTU

Statement

Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) today released the following statement regarding the President's State Of The Union (SOTU) address:

"The President's State Of The Union address made sense if one forgets the following:

The national debt is more than $15.2 trillion and growing.

The annual federal budget deficit is approximately $1.5 trillion.

Medicare will be insolvent in 2024.

Social Security will be insolvent in 2036.

The decision to keep raising the debt-ceiling only benefits the Chinese.

The Democrat-controlled Senate has failed to pass a budget in 1,000 days.

The President nixed the Keystone XL pipeline along with 20,000 to 200,000 potential jobs.

Coal is one of our most abundant domestic energy sources.

The President proposed historic cuts to the Marines and the Army.

The President's only proposal to reform the executive branch involves giving it more power.

Federal regulations annually cost the U.S. economy $1.75 trillion.

The President's agenda includes adding more than 200 'major rules' to those already on the books.

28 House-passed, bipartisan jobs bills are stuck in the Senate awaiting action.

As a U.S. Senator, the President's voting record was rated 'most liberal.'

It's been said that the goal of the President's campaign is to raise $1 billion.

"If you ignore all that, which seems to be what the President wants, then it was a great speech. However, Nevadans and their fellow Americans are well-acquainted with reality. They can see the serious challenges we face as a country.

"Unfortunately, based on what he included and what he omitted in his remarks, the President either doesn't understand the issues, which I don't believe to be the case, or he thinks that Americans aren't paying attention.

"In his political calculus and his policy priorities, I think that the President is sorely mistaken."

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