McCollum Statement on President Trump’s Address to Congress

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement on President Donald Trump's address to Congress:

"Tonight President Trump gave the American people another speech filled with dangerous policies and empty promises.

“As I’ve listened to my Minnesota constituents, I’ve heard two things: they don’t trust President Trump’s agenda and they are fearful of the direction he is taking our country. Tonight President Trump doubled down on that wrong direction, proposing to strip Minnesotans of their health care, put Wall Street before working families, target vulnerable refugees, and abandon American leadership around the world.

“The priorities offered by President Trump and supported by the Republican Congress take America backwards. My Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate are ready to stand and fight. Yet it will take not only Congressmen and Senators, but citizen action to reject these policies. As we prepare to move America forward, we must come together and defeat the Trump-Republican agenda.”