Washington, D.C.—Tonight, Rep. David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-WV) issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address:

“Going into tonight’s address there were three questions I hoped would be addressed: can we do more to turn around the economy? Can we do better on health care? Can we do more to stop wasteful spending? Unfortunately, I did not hear solutions but rather the same old rhetoric we’re heard over the past six years.”

“While Wall Street may be thriving, Main Street is still struggling. Our economy is too weak with 92 million Americans out of the work force. Our economy is being held back by burdensome regulations, a broken health care law, and a tax system that is too complicated, yet the President didn’t address those issues.”

“Tonight, the President declared this to be a ‘year of action.’ Unfortunately, his idea of action appears to be going it alone and not working together with Congress. That’s not how governing works.”

“In a divided government we need to find consensus to get anything done. For the sake of the American people, we need to work together in a bipartisan manner, find common ground, and find common sense ways to make life better for all Americans.”