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I issued the following statement today after the Senate Agriculture Committee’s mark up of Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln’s (D-AR) Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010:

The American people don’t want to see more of their taxpayer dollars used to bailout reckless speculators on Wall Street. That’s why regulatory reform is so important. We must bring transparency   Read more »

In his State of the Union Address, President Obama invokes the Mad As Hell Party to direct anger and blame at Wall Street. After demonizing Wall Street, Obama claims a first year success of cutting dozens of taxes.  Read more »

President Obama’s State of the Union address was like many of his other speeches - it was clearly well delivered and certainly he has a gift.

But I was a little disappointed because the problem the President has is not a communications problem – he really has a credibility problem. He’s made a bunch of promises over this last year, including one tonight that I liked about more tax relief. But we’ve all heard these promises before, and he simply hasn’t delivered.  Read more »

Read the full text of the State of the Union Address on January 27, 2010:

Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:  Read more »

Key excerpts from Obama's 2010 State of the Union Address:

We face big and difficult challenges. And what the American people hope – what they deserve – is for all of us, Democrats and Republicans, to work through our differences; to overcome the numbing weight of our politics. For while the people who sent us here have different backgrounds and different stories and different beliefs, the anxieties they face are the same. The aspirations they hold are shared.  Read more »