Newsletter: The President's Missed Opportunity

Statement

This week President Obama gave his annual State of the Union address. I went in hopeful he would extend an olive branch and say he wants to work with Congress, not against us. But he didn't. It was a missed opportunity to rally the country around bipartisan solutions. The challenges of our time require new solutions that empower hardworking Americans, not grow the size of Washington's bloated bureaucracies by raising taxes and creating more unfunded programs.

Weekly Update:

Toured Caster Concepts and met with workers and discussed my commitment to manufacturing and career technical education

Hosted constituent coffee hours in Coldwater and Jackson to answer questions and give an update on the legislation we're working on to grow a healthy economy and create good-paying jobs

Attended the 42nd annual March for Life and spoke on the House Floor in defense of the unborn

Invited Monroe Mayor Robert E. Clark to be my guest at the State of the Union

Co-sponsored the Working Families Flexibility Act, legislation to help Americans better balance the demands of career and family

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