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Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) attended his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night as the new representative for Wisconsin’s 6th District. Grothman issued this statement following the President’s speech:

“I enjoyed being present at tonight’s State of the Union address, I was somewhat disappointed that the President didn’t address feasible solutions for many of the big problems the country is facing. I was hoping that six years in office would prepare President Obama to provide suggestions for reining in out-of-control spending, which is placing record debt onto our children and grandchildren and causing an uncertainty which is preventing the economy from reaching its full potential. I was also hoping for suggestions in reducing government regulation after years of adding new rules which choke America’s businesses. Furthermore, we have a broken welfare state which is causing more and more Americans to not participate in our country’s economy and penalizes parents who get married.

Finally, it was nice to hear President Obama recognize the special fiscal challenges facing parents in today’s economy. I only wish he would have provided more consideration to the hardworking parents who are already making financial sacrifices to stay home and raise their children.

This speech did not provide all the details of President Obama’s actual budget, but I’ve recently been invited to the White House and hope to have the chance to address some of these issues with the President at that time.”