Before a national audience, Gov. Bob McDonnell tonight hammered the White House over spending, health care and energy policy and stressed the job-and-economy theme that anchored his campaign.
McDonnell said in the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address that the federal government "is simply trying to do too much."
"Last year, we were told that massive new federal spending would create more jobs 'immediately' and hold unemployment below 8 percent," he said.
"In the past year, over three million Americans have lost their jobs, yet the Democratic Congress continues deficit spending, adding to the bureaucracy, and increasing the national debt on our children and grandchildren."
McDonnell surrounded by about 250 friends, family members, supporters, administration officials and others, delivered speech in the chamber of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Addressing health care, McDonnell said Americans agree on the need for a system that is affordable, accessible and of high quality. He said Republicans have put forth a plan that would not shift Medicaid costs to the states, cut Medicare, and raise taxes.
"And our solutions aren't thousand-page bills that no one has fully read, after being crafted behind closed doors with special interests," he said.
He said Virginia has the opportunity to be the first state on the East Coast to explore for, and produce, oil and natural gas offshore.
"But this administration's policies are delaying offshore production, hindering nuclear energy expansion, and seeking to impose job-killing cap and trade energy taxes," he said.
McDonnell said in the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address that the federal government "is simply trying to do too much."
"Last year, we were told that massive new federal spending would create more jobs 'immediately' and hold unemployment below 8 percent," he said.
"In the past year, over three million Americans have lost their jobs, yet the Democratic Congress continues deficit spending, adding to the bureaucracy, and increasing the national debt on our children and grandchildren."
McDonnell surrounded by about 250 friends, family members, supporters, administration officials and others, delivered speech in the chamber of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Addressing health care, McDonnell said Americans agree on the need for a system that is affordable, accessible and of high quality. He said Republicans have put forth a plan that would not shift Medicaid costs to the states, cut Medicare, and raise taxes.
"And our solutions aren't thousand-page bills that no one has fully read, after being crafted behind closed doors with special interests," he said.
He said Virginia has the opportunity to be the first state on the East Coast to explore for, and produce, oil and natural gas offshore.
"But this administration's policies are delaying offshore production, hindering nuclear energy expansion, and seeking to impose job-killing cap and trade energy taxes," he said.
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