REP. JENKINS STATEMENT ON STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
January 12, 2016
Press Release
“The president used this speech to try to define his legacy, but in West Virginia, we already know what his legacy will be.”
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s final State of the Union address tonight:
“The president used this speech to try to define his legacy, but in West Virginia, we already know what his legacy will be. In West Virginia, he will be remembered for higher state unemployment, closing our coal mines, raising our electricity prices, increasing our healthcare costs, limiting our Second Amendment rights, jeopardizing our national security, weakening our role in the world, and diminishing hope for our middle-class families.
“Because of the president’s policies, West Virginia’s economy is in decline. This administration’s anti-coal policies make it harder and harder to mine coal, burn coal, and provide good jobs for our coal miners and related industries.
“This State of the Union was yet another missed chance to work with Congress and unite the American people behind ideas, principles and leadership that will reinvigorate West Virginia and make our nation safer.”