Alexander on State of the Union Speech: “The President Missed a Golden Opportunity”
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) released the following statement after the president’s State of the Union speech tonight:
“I’m disappointed because the president missed a golden opportunity to present a serious plan to deal with the most serious problem facing our country – how to preserve Medicare by reducing out-of-control entitlement spending.”
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