Mitt Romney praised House Republicans for unanimously rejecting President Obama's economic recovery package, saying, "You put the best interests of the American people ahead of politics."
Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who ran for president last year and is in the conversation for 2012, said the $819 billion plan is chock full of unnecessary spending and doesn't include real tax cuts that could stoke the economy.
"The difference between us and the Democrats is this: they want to stimulate the government, and we want to stimulate the economy," he said.
Romney said that he is optimistic about the GOP's future and that the way to recover from the November election, when it lost numbers in Congress as well as control of the White House, is to stand firm for the party's core principles.
"I have often been asked what I think the Republican Party must do to recover. What I’ve said is this: My first concern isn’t about our party—it’s about our country," he said at the House Republican Conference Retreat hosted by the Congressional Institute at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Va.
"In fact, the two are closely related. The best way for us to advance the prospects of our party is to do what we know is right for the country. This is what the American people expect of us. And that’s what we should expect of ourselves."
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