The following is a statement from U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) on the president’s State of the Union Address:

“The president’s philosophy of dividing Americans for political gain and expanding the scope of government shows a lack of respect for the entrepreneurial spirit that makes our country the envy of the world. The president talks a good game when it comes to creating jobs and opportunities for American families, but I’m from the “Show-Me State,” and the president’s actions speak much louder than his words. The bottom line is the president cannot run on his record. The president’s failed policies have made the economy worse with almost 2 million more people out of work since he took office. If the president were serious about creating jobs, he would demand that his former colleagues in the Senate majority act on the 27 House-passed jobs bills that they refuse to take up, and he wouldn’t have stopped the Keystone XL pipeline that would have created tens of thousands of jobs. Besides acting on the jobs bills, he also ought to remind his former colleagues that it has been 1,000 days since they’ve passed a budget and that there are many House-passed cost-cutting measures that they should pass as well. This is about the president’s record, not his rhetoric.”

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