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Rep. Murphy’s Response to State of the Union Address

(Washington, DC) — In response to tonight’s State of the Union address, Congressman Tim Murphy (PA-18) released the following statement:

“Americans are eager for a job growth agenda out of Washington. Eager for less government spending and getting back to basics on what makes us great as a nation: competitiveness, resourcefulness, and drive to always do better.

Tonight, we heard that America’s competitiveness is suffering from a case of sluggishness and the need to get back on track. But I am cautious of a solution that sounds like more government spending out of Washington.

American families need jobs, but jobs and prosperity will not come from more government growth and deficit spending.

You can dress it up and call it a different name, but at the end of the day, greater ‘government investment’ is just a creative way to describe spending the public’s money. America owes more than $14 trillion, a number that’s nearly the value of our entire economy. The era of ‘spend today, pay tomorrow’ is over and we now begin the task of cutting up the government credit card and begin scaling back from past years’ spending.

If we want to bring back American jobs, we need to get serious and take action. Our chemical companies, factories, and manufacturing base have left for foreign countries. US steelmaking has declined in the last ten years while China’s has grown by over 350 percent in the same decade. We need more than just words to stop China from manipulating its currency, stealing our patents, dumping inferior-grade steel, and breaking international trade laws.

Let’s move beyond promises. I intend to continue my work on healthcare reforms to save lives and money; end China’s currency manipulation to grow US jobs and hold our international trading partners accountable; and change course from the past years of government growth to private sector job creation. I stand ready to work with all my colleagues and the President to realize these shared goals.

Towards that end I again call on Congress and the President to join me in moving my infrastructure bill, which would dedicate the revenues from offshore development to fund clean energy and traditional infrastructure that have been in woeful decline for decades. The nation sits on several trillion dollars worth of oil and natural gas, but as long as the White House puts a moratorium on exploration, and the EPA continues to write reams of costly new regulations, our nation’s energy policy will mean more borrowing from China and more buying oil from OPEC. The job growth potential is limitless if we use our own oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear technology to the fullest potential. And we can do that without raising taxes, borrowing money or another bailout.

Actions speak louder than words. Let’s get to work and make this a reality and not another speech for the history books.

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