WASHINGTON, D.C.– Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) released the following statement in response to President Biden’s State of the Union address.
“During the past two years, President Biden interpreted a narrow Congressional majority as a mandate for radical change. The American people responded by electing a divided government to put a check on the excesses of the Biden administration and work together to address the challenges we face. If last night’s speech was any indication, the President has not learned his lesson.
“The President’s speech doubled down on the same policies that added trillions of dollars to our national debt, helped fuel 40-year high inflation, and dramatically increased the cost of living for all Americans. It failed to offer any solution on the border crisis fueled by the President’s policies, and it lacked any accountability for the President’s foreign policy failures that have reduced our standing on the world stage and made the country less safe.
“Right now, America faces two existential threats: a debt crisis and a hostile foreign adversary in the Chinese Communist Party that threatens our very way of life. We must address these challenges in bipartisan fashion, and Republicans stand ready to do so if the President has the humility to admit his failures, stop demagoguing Republicans, and find compromise and common ground in good faith.”
