KEY QUOTE: “Last Friday, on a visit to my home state of Ohio, the President complained about this ‘buzzsaw’ of opposition his health care bill faced. But what you call a buzzsaw, Mr. President, I call the American people. They’re saying ‘enough is enough’ to this big-government, job-killing agenda. And they’re asking ‘where are the jobs?”’”
Mr. President, That ‘Buzzsaw’ Was The American People Saying, ‘Stop’
by Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
BigGovernment.com
January 27, 2010
This morning after our weekly conference meeting I joined other House Republican leaders at a press event to discuss President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight. What I told the press gathered in the U.S. Capitol this morning is that tonight, President Obama needs to prove he’s listening to the American people. It’s not the message, it’s his job-killing policies. The President must do more than rhetorically ‘pivot.’ He must scrap his job-killing agenda and work in the bipartisan way he promised during the campaign.
The American people don’t want this government takeover of health care, and it’s time to put it out of its misery. No more tricks. Instead of just a half-baked spending freeze, how about real budget caps that can be enforced? And instead of more government ‘stimulus’ bills, we need real solutions to help small businesses create jobs.
Last Friday, on a visit to my home state of Ohio, the President complained about this “buzzsaw” of opposition his health care bill faced. But what you call a buzzsaw, Mr. President, I call the American people. They’re saying ‘enough is enough’ to this big-government, job-killing agenda. And they’re asking “where are the jobs?” So we’re going to listen to the President, but we’re also going to continue to hold him accountable and offer our better solutions.
My Republican Leader website will host a live blog of President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight. The GOP Leader Blog will provide real-time fact-checking of the President’s remarks and lay out Republicans’ better solutions to the challenges working families are facing. House Republicans have had great success over the last year using the Internet and social media to connect with the American people – Politifact.com confirmed that House GOP dominates the Democrats on Twitter, YouTube and other social media in Congress. This live blog will also allow visitors to take advantage of the open commenting feature to exchange ideas with House Republicans and each other. Working together, we can hold Washington Democrats accountable.
Keep it up John. Get them to stop the spending, stop the nation building, stop the wars, and stop strangling the American people with more rules, regulation and fees. I am so sick of money grabbing governments from my own township, all the way to the Fed. Let’s cut spending now! Less government is better!
Dear Mr Boehnor, sounds like your on same page as The people of NorthEast Ohio. We got to stop
the madness in washington DC. The people don’t need health reform , we need jobs, pay increase
so we can purchase gasoline to get to work (don’t live near bus route).
PS, We really need to reform the way Utility companys charge us for Electricity and natural gas.
Yours Truly, Thanks for your efforts.
Donald Garrison.
Grafton Ohio