Watch the full live-stream video below of Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah’s Tea Party Response to President Obama’s State of the Union address. In the livestream video below, Senator Lee will outline his vision for the country in 2014 and beyond. “Mike Lee…has proven to be an effective leader within the Senate, offering tangible solutions in the face of Obama’s empty rhetoric,” Tea Party Express said in a statement announcing Lee as their selection.
“As we enter into another significant election year, we expect Senator Lee’s response will offer a message relevant to the current challenges we face under this Administration and how we can meet those challenges together.”
Lee, 42, was elected in 2010 and currently serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Excerpts of the speech show that Lee will blame the income inequality on President Obama’s policies. “But where does this new inequality come from? From government — every time it takes rights and opportunities away from the American people and gives them instead to politicians, bureaucrats, and special interests,” Lee will argue, according to excerpts released by the senator’s office Tuesday.
Click play on the video below to view Senator Lee’s speech:
The following are selected excerpts of Senator Lee’s remarks as released by his office:
“In America, the test of any political movement is not what that movement is against, but what it is for. The founders made a point at Boston Harbor, but they made history in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall.”
“Today, Americans know in their hearts that something is wrong. Much of what is wrong relates to the sense that the ‘American Dream’ is falling out of reach for far too many of us. We are facing an inequality crisis — one to which the President has paid lip-service, but seems uninterested in truly confronting or correcting.”
“But where does this new inequality come from? From government — every time it takes rights and opportunities away from the American people and gives them instead to politicians, bureaucrats, and special interests.”
“Throughout the last five years, President Obama has promised an economy for the middle class; but all he’s delivered is an economy for the middle-men.”
“We have a new generation of leaders in Washington with positive, innovative ideas – thoughtful policy reforms to, as my friend Senator Ted Cruz says –“Make D.C. listen.” Reforms to help poor families work their way into the middle class, to help middle-class families start to get ahead, and to level the playing field and put corporate and political insiders back to work for the rest of us.”
“All of these proposals within this new conservative reform agenda, along with many more to come, mark the road to Philadelphia. These principles and these policies will work – and will put Americans back to work. Not just by cutting big government, but by fixing broken government. Not just by making government smaller but by promoting bigger citizens, stronger families and more heroic communities. Our goal should be an America where everyone has a fair chance to pursue happiness – and find it. That’s what it looks like when protest grows into reform.”
