Udall Reaction to the State of the Union

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U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), issued the following statement today after attending President Obama's State of the Union address:

"Tonight, President Obama struck the right themes in his State of the Union address. We've reached a crucial point in our economic recovery where strengthening the middle-class with continued job creation and skills training is paramount. So too is providing the proper incentives to continue generating manufacturing and homegrown, renewable energy jobs where states like New Mexico are already capitalizing.

The president also emphasized the need to level the playing field for middle-class and low-income taxpayers. Today, millionaires and billionaires usually pay a lower tax rate than middle-class families who are struggling to pay the bills. The only way our nation will continue down the road of economic recovery is by investing in our middle-class families and giving them the opportunity to succeed again.

It may be an election year, but we still have a responsibility to work through our differences to put our economy on solid ground."

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