WASHINGTON – Rep. Scott Franklin issued the following statement on April 28th, 2021:

“This evening, President Biden gave an address to Congress during which he attempted to take a victory lap for his so-called accomplishments. While the Democratic party celebrates, our country, and the average American, are worse off.

By governing through executive fiat, President Biden rammed through policies that will kill millions of jobs and promote foolish Green New Deal policies. He manufactured the crisis at our southern border by unraveling successful Trump Administration immigration policies, allowing criminals, terrorists, and drugs to flow into our communities. He has done nothing to open schools across the country, setting back the education of millions of students and jeopardizing their ability to compete in the job market. He has saddled future generations with trillions in additional national debt that will be practically impossible to pay off. He singlehandedly diminished our energy independence by canceling the Keystone Pipeline. Perhaps worst of all, President Biden has increased the bitter political partisanship he promised to heal by sidelining Republicans and disregarding our input.

Cooperation in Washington, and especially in Congress, is at historically poor levels. This isn’t what the American people want, and it’s not what I want. I came to Washington because I saw the problems plaguing our country were jeopardizing the birthright of the next generation, and I wanted to do something about it. Despite my Democratic colleagues’ intransigence, I stand ready to work with anyone—Republican or Democrat—to find sensible solutions for our shared problems. 

This is the promise I make to my fellow Floridians in the 15th Congressional District: So long as I hold a seat in Congress, my door will stay open to anyone ready to develop sensible solutions to our country’s problems.”