Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson released the following statement supporting President Obama’s speech on the economy in Cleveland, Ohio
“Today we heard the President articulate two fundamentally different visions of how we grow the economy, create middle class jobs, and pay down the debt. We in Texas know what’s at stake in this election, and it’s clear that the path laid out by the President is the right course for America’s economic future."
"Texans are still feeling the effects of the recession. The middle class, recent graduates, homeowners, and small businesses in Texas are still recovering from the worst financial collapse since the Great Depression. We are making progress and our economy is growing, but we simply cannot afford to return to the same failed economic policies of the previous Administration, which Mitt Romney has dusted off and proposed to the Nation."
"President Obama understands that we must invest in our middle class now in order to create an economy that is built to last. He believes America prospers when hard work pays off, responsibility is rewarded, and everyone gets a fair shot. Mitt Romney, on the other hand, is offering the same flawed economic blueprint that benefitted a few, crashed our economy and devastated the middle class. The President’s speech in Ohio today was a clear indication of the choice Texans have in this election: we can continue to move forward with President Obama or go backwards with Mitt Romney.”
