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Broken Promises: President Trump Addresses Congress

February 28, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle released the following statement tonight after President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress:


"Tonight, the President issued a worn and weary campaign stump speech instead of a realistic blueprint for moving our country forward. It is now clear this president is more interested in campaigning instead of doing the hard work of governing.

The President took to the podium in front of Congress tonight without a single jobs bill or accomplishment to his name. The reality of the world the President lives in and the truth of his actions tell a very different tale: a story of broken promises to the American people.

Forty days after his inauguration, President Trump and the Republican Congress still have not lifted a finger to create jobs or raise wages for hard-working Americans. Instead, the Trump Administration has:
• Put Wall Street First – enabling Wall Street to prey on Americans' retirement savings;
• Moved to Make America Sick Again – declaring all-out war on Americans' right to affordable health care;
• Sown fear in America's vulnerable communities – with a cruel, incompetent and unconstitutional executive agenda;
• Allowed Russia's grip on his Administration to endanger our security and our democracy.

I remain optimistic regarding one small ray of hope for the American worker, a campaign promise I am fighting to hold the President to. I would be happy to work with the President to repair our roads, bridges, and highways. Yet, tonight, I am disappointed that he fails to realize this country needs investments in our drinking water infrastructure and mass transit systems, too.

My newly formed Blue Collar Caucus will continue to give voice to the concerns of many workers across the nation as we now navigate this minefield of malfeasance into which the President now leads us. We will hold him accountable to working Americans as he caters to Wall Street and the wealthy.

As a Democrat, I believe we must focus every day on job creation and growing paychecks – for everyone, everywhere in our country. Whether in Washington, DC or in my Pennsylvania district, I will never cease in that pursuit."
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