Inhofe Responds to the 2011 State of the Union Address

"With all due respect to the President, talk is cheap. But we gotta act. That is what the American people want us to do"

"Tonight, we heard similar language regarding the deficit as his speech last year. The President's proposal is to freeze non-security discretionary spending at current levels for the next five years. As I said last year, it is not fiscally responsible to increase spending as the President has done over the past two years and then freeze it. Instead, we should pull spending levels back to where they were before the massive increases and then freeze it. Earlier today, the House acted by passing a resolution that would reduce discretionary non-security spending back to 2008 levels. Last March, I lead the way by introducing similar legislation in the Senate...."

"In the global market place, the American worker and the American economy must be free to compete. The best way to do that is to get government out of the way and let the private sector, the true engine behind our economy, do what it does best -- grow and create jobs."

"The President's speech tonight was touted as an agenda for "winning the future". Winning the future for the American economy, for American jobs, and for American ideals won't be achieved by simply giving speeches. It takes action that ultimately gets government out of the way. As NFL coaching great Vince Lombardi once said, "You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit." And we need to start winning through action...not talk. Eloquence is a wonderful thing...action is greater. Let's try it."

"With all due respect to the President, talk is cheap. But we gotta act. That is what the American people want us to do" "Tonight, we heard similar language regarding the deficit as his speech last year. The President's proposal is to freeze non-security discretionary spending at current levels for ...