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[PHOTOS] Behind the Scenes: Election Day in Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson’s Response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address

Posted January 25, 2012
Senator Ron Johnson delivered the following remarks in response to the President’s State of the Union address:

“On September 30, 1987, our total federal debt was $2.3 trillion. It took our ancestors over 200 years to accumulate that much debt. Last year, Washington passed an agreement that will increase the debt ceiling by another $2.1 trillion, and we’ll blow through that in less than two years.

“Today marks 1,000 days since the Democrat-controlled Senate has passed a budget. Last year, President Obama’s budget was so unserious; it lost in the United States Senate by a vote of ZERO to 97. Not one member of the President’s own party voted for his budget, and he put no pressure on Senate Democrats to pass one of their own. As a result, the largest financial entity in the world, our $3.6 trillion federal government, is running totally out of control.

“On the single greatest threat currently facing America, our unsustainable deficit spending and growing debt, President Obama and his party have shown absolutely no leadership. Instead, the man who said he would unite us has purposely sought to divide us by pitting one group of Americans against another.

“In his efforts to divert attention away from his miserable economic record, he is targeting scapegoats in order to blame anyone but himself and his policies. He fully understands the ugly division he is sowing in America, but his willingness to do so demonstrates his lack of good will in working with those of us who genuinely want to solve our fiscal problems.

“President Obama is talented at giving a good speech, but his actions speak far louder than his words. He says he wants to create jobs, invest in shovel ready infrastructure projects, and reduce America’s dependence on Middle East oil. But then he kills the Keystone XL pipeline, and the 20,000 jobs and $20 billion of private sector infrastructure spending that died with it.

“In the year ahead, Americans will have a choice. Do we want to follow President Obama down his path of bigger government, unsustainable debt, higher taxes and energy costs, a government takeover of healthcare, and anemic economic growth? Or, do we want to put our nation on a path toward true prosperity and economic security?

“That prosperity can only be achieved by growing our economy though the private sector, reducing Washington’s spending and over regulation, maximizing our domestic energy resources, repealing Obamacare, and enacting common sense, pro-growth tax reform.

“It is time for America to choose.”
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America’s Choice

Posted January 20, 2012


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America’s Financial Challenge

Posted January 20, 2012

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A Message of Appreciation

Posted December 14, 2011 in ,

Today, we lost a close vote. The press is reporting that the final vote in the Senate Republican Vice Chair race was 25-22.

I sincerely appreciate the grassroots support from people who understand that Washington is broken – and the conservative community is high on that list. Without your strong and clear voice, the vote today would not have been as close as it was. The message you are sending about the need to rein in spending, to repeal Obamacare, to prevent excessive regulation, and to take advantage of America’s own energy resources, is beginning to get through. Your work is important and it is appreciated; please keep it up.

Notwithstanding the Senate vote, we need to be focused on the election ahead. In 2012, the American people will have a clear choice between two competing visions. Republican candidates for the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the White House, should commit to drawing a clear contrast.

America's Choice

President Obama’s agenda has failed. The American people know that we cannot spend our way into prosperity. Instead, we need to make the tax code simpler, flatter, and fairer. We must repeal Obamacare, reduce spending, and cut harmful federal regulations.

As long as I serve in the Senate, I will do all that I can to fix our problems and strengthen America. The American people deserve a clear choice in 2012. Let’s give it to them.

Ron Johnson

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The Hill: Obama doesn’t know what to do, says GOP senator

Posted August 18, 2011

President Obama seems baffled by the numerous problems facing the country, suggested freshman Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Wednesday.

“I realize, very sadly, he doesn’t know what to do,” said Johnson of Obama, as reported by The Sheboygan Press. “He never did.”

Johnson added it “would be a disaster” to reelect President Obama based on his mishandling of the debt crisis, healthcare reform and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street regulatory reform legislation.

Johnson, who was speaking to a group of Rotary Clubs at the Oshkosh Convention Center, said he fears the U.S. is losing its gift and called for good people to join politics to fight to save the country.

“We have got to demand that we start making changes in this country, that we actually seriously address the problems facing this nation,” said Johnson. “[T]hat’s going to take people stepping up to run for office. Good people, not people … that want the title, but people who recognize America is something precious. … We’ve been given a gift here, and we’re blowing it.”

By Josiah Ryan

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