Dold Reaction to State of the Union Address

Statement

U.S. Congressman Robert Dold (IL-10) released the following statement in response to the State of the Union Address:

"From fixing our broken immigration system to combatting gun violence, poverty, the skyrocketing cost of education and the epidemic of drug addiction, I was pleased to hear President Obama touch on a number of issues tonight that are imperative to strengthening our country and which I have been actively addressing in bipartisan fashion as Illinois' Tenth Congressional District's voice in the United States Congress.

"Unfortunately, much of what the President said tonight was overshadowed by what he either failed to say or failed to say accurately to the American people. For instance, while the President took time in his speech to prop up his nuclear agreement with the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism, he failed to discuss how this pact with Iran has only fostered more aggression from its regime or to even acknowledge the ten U.S. sailors who were being held in Iranian custody as his speech was being delivered.

"It was also deeply troubling to hear the President dismiss the American people's concerns over both our economy and the growing strength of our enemies as mere 'political hot air,' especially at a time when the number of Americans living in poverty hovers at historic highs and the rapidly growing threat of ISIS and radical Islamic terrorism has spread across the globe from Syria to San Bernardino.

"The challenges and concerns facing communities all across our nation tonight are very real and it is my sincere hope that President Obama will seek to work with those of us in Congress during the remaining months of his presidency to advance bipartisan legislative solutions to the very serious problems our nation continues to face."

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