WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, tonight issued the following statement on President Obama’s State of the Union address:

“America’s new Congress is focused on a reform agenda to fight for the middle class with policies to help create jobs, increase wages, and lower health care and energy costs. The president laid out an agenda of top-down policies of the past to tax, spend, and regulate. We believe in tapping into the potential of the American people, not the government, and we hope the president will finally join us.”

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