Marsha Blackburn
I listened carefully to the President's state of the union speech. I hoped to hear him offer concrete solutions - especially for an economy in free fall. Instead he insisted that our economy was getting stronger. Let him convince the American people of that. He talked about the success of the stimulus legislation. Let him convince the American people that it has worked. He talked about all the tax cuts his administration has provided the American people. Let him convince the American people of that, when many of them no longer have pay checks at all.
Marsha Blackburn
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, at her weekly press conference, said” in its present form, without any change, I don’t think it’s possible to pass the Senate bill in the House.” The Speaker’s frank assessment coupled with the victory on Tuesday by Scott Brown should make it pretty clear to everyone that we need to re-center the health care debate.
I want to extend my personal congratulations to Scott Brown for his amazing victory in the Massachusetts Senate special election. His win sends a strong message to the Obama Administration and to the Democrats in Congress. The people of Massachusetts were paying attention and the people of America are too.
This election was a referendum on the health care bill drafted in secret by President Obama and the Democratic leaders in Congress. The people of Massachusetts, one of only two states to have health care legislation in place, are aware of the failures of their state's health care plan. They know, as do the people of Tennessee, that government run health care will not work. Let's hope that the Democrats in Washington finally get the message. I know that Scott will be a powerful voice for the people of Massachusetts, making sure that their message is heard.