SPOKANE, Wash. – Representatives from the Inland Northwest released statements in response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night.
U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) released a statement that reads in part:
“Failure to extend the Trump tax cuts is simply not an option. I am committed to working with the Administration and congressional leadership to make these tax cuts permanent and provide relief and certainty to families and businesses across America.”
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) posted to X:
“Trump lied all night long, but I was deeply alarmed by just how many times Trump lied about Social Security in particular. Trump is letting Elon break the Social Security Administration as we speak. If he tries to privatize Social Security, it will be a catastrophe for seniors.”
U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) also released a statement:
“America is back. For four years, Idahoans faced an economic catastrophe and inflationary disaster, a Green New Deal, a dangerous illegal immigration crisis, and a woke ideological agenda. We will not go back. President Trump’s commonsense revolution is renewing the American Dream. We will end the flagrant waste of taxpayer dollars. We will secure our southern border by finishing the wall. We will root out bureaucratic bloat and restore our freedoms. America is safer, more prosperous, and stronger under the leadership of President Trump.”
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) released the following statement:
“President Trump promised to deal with consumer costs and inflation, but we got no ideas tonight on how he’s going to make life more affordable for average Americans. Instead, he’s proposing things that will increase costs. New tariffs, cuts to critical programs like Medicaid and Social Security, and threatening core services like weather forecasting and aviation safety are all bad for our safety and our economy.”
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