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(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) issued the following statement after attending President Trump’s State of the Union address tonight to Congress:

“This was my eleventh State of the Union address as a Member of Congress, seven by Republican and four by Democrat Presidents, and it was by far the most divisive, polarizing and destructive.

“It could and should have been an appeal to our country and world about we and us together.

“It could and should have been about the real everyday problems facing Americans, like the rising cost of living and saving Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

“It was none of that.

“I’m all in for tackling the tough issues we face like immigration, crime, our federal government and budget, national defense and our role in the world, but this is just not the way.

“Whatever the President or anyone else says or pretends or hopes or tries to dictate, the real and lasting solutions to these challenges will only come through hard bipartisan problem solving.

“This speech, taken with the President’s actions since his inauguration, just makes that much harder.

“I will continue as a member of a separate, independent and coequal branch of government to work with this administration and its supporters in Congress where I can and to oppose them where I must.

“My door will also continue to remain open to anyone who shares a commitment to rising above our differences and actually working together to find a better way.”

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