"It's disappointing. The President's speech was predictable and hardly inspiring. Every year, the President demands more money from Congress. This time it's $400 billion in new taxes, the first time it was a trillion dollars in "stimulus spending.' When you look the series of broken promises: Americans getting lied to about keeping their healthcare, IRS political targeting and the other failures, it's hard to justify giving this President more tax dollars.
"I know we can find common ground for the American people, but we cannot find it with the issues the President brought forward tonight. I remain hopeful that we can work together, but not on these half-baked policies."