Robin Smith Responds to Obama Address to Congress

HIXSON, TN – Following President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress, Third District Congressional Candidate Robin Smith issued the following statement:

“Tonight, amid the typical soaring rhetoric and applause lines from President Obama, we found the same rigid dedication to a government solution when addressing the problems in America’s health care system. No matter how many different ways they package the message or reframe the debate, liberals continue to promote the approach that Americans have soundly rejected.Throughout the August Congressional recess, citizens stood up to say that turning over 1/6 of our nation’s economy to bureaucrats is not the way to reform health care.

Americans of all political views can agree that insurance needs to be more portable. The corrosive results of lawyers filing reckless and frivolous court actions for profit must be addressed. Insurance companies need to address the problem of preexisting conditions prohibiting the purchase of policies. Small businesses need to be given the freedom to work together to negotiate lower rates and reform should first give consumers more freedom to make decisions that best fit themselves and their families. Unfortunately the only people who seem not to understand this and remain fixated on government solutions are the president and the Pelosi Congress.

 When it comes to our health care, Tennesseans need personal choices, not government options.”