WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, issued the below statement following President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address.

“President Biden’s speech comes as America is in crisis. From inflation, to crime, to the wide-open border, Joe Biden offered little in the way of credible solutions. The president is quick to blame everyone else for the problems his policies have created. Tonight’s speech was no exception.

“Families in Wyoming are worse off than they were a year ago. Inflation is at a forty-year high. Gas prices are up more than a dollar a gallon since the president was sworn in. Crime in the cities is breaking records. More than two million people illegally entered our country last year.

“Now we see Putin’s Russia intent on restarting the Cold War after Joe Biden showed weakness in Afghanistan. The price of his weakness was American lives. In Wyoming, we lost our own Rylee McCollum, a U.S. Marine who died protecting others in the deadly and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.

“Time after time, President Biden has shown that he is asleep at the switch. The president missed an opportunity tonight to change course. He should have started by ending his war on American energy – a move that would help Americans dealing with skyrocketing costs, and help our allies escape their dependence on Russian energy.

“Tonight, Americans heard more of the same failed ideas and tired liberal talking points. They deserve better. I’ll continue to stand up for families in Wyoming, and fight against Biden’s radical, dangerous, failed policies.”

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