Pence: President's Aim Off-Target

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence (R-Ind.), Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today after President Obama’s White House news conference: 

“As the American people continue to ask, ‘Where are the jobs?’ President Obama squandered an opportunity to embrace bipartisan solutions that will stimulate the economy and create jobs. Instead, he called for more of the same failed economic policies: higher taxes on job creators and “stimulus” spending that borrows on the backs of future generations.

“With unemployment still near 10 percent and federal spending producing record deficits, the American people want a fresh approach and not more of the same borrowing, spending, bailouts and higher taxes. Washington needs fiscal discipline for itself, and immediate tax relief for families, small businesses and family farms.”