CLYBURN STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS

WASHINGTON, DC—Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn today released the following statement after President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress:

“I was pleased to hear the President focus on the issue of fundamental fairness for all Americans as he laid out his vision for the future. Over the past few decades, the wealth gap has grown at an alarming rate while the middle class has eroded because the tax code has been tilted toward the upper income levels and good jobs have gone offshore.

Under President Obama’s leadership, we have begun to move the economy forward with 22 straight months of private sector job growth, and I agree with him that we have much work to do to make ours a more perfect union with liberty and justice for all.”