Plenty of reaction from washington. We want to go outside the beltway and get your thoughts. Democrats 2027482000. Join the conversation on social media cspanwj is our handle or facebook. Com cspan and also send us an email journal cspan. Org. We will take your thoughts your comments your critiques of the president s speech last night for the next hours here on the wall street journal. Here here is a little bit more from the president last night talking about the economy. [video clip. ] at every step we were told our goals are too misguided, too ambitious, we would crush jobs and explode deficits. Instead, we have seen the fastest Economic Growth in over a decade. Our deficits cut by 2 similar 3 residence, and a stockmarket had a has kept inflation at its lowest rate in 50 years [applause. ] there is good news people. So so the verdict is clear middle class economics works. Expanding opportunity works. And these policies will continue to work as long as politics dont get in the way. Host president obama in his 6th state of the Union Address talking about the economy. Dominated his speech last night and it dominates the morning headlines. Look at the fronts page of the waurl street journal, state of the union, obama makes middle class pitch, ladies out aid to help middle class americans to a skeptical congress. The Washington Post front page shadow of crisis has pass did. Obama asserts an improving economy vined indicates his policies. The New York Times this morning, their headline, obama defiantly sets an ambitious ajust a second a, uses the state of the union to focus on aiding the middle class. Finally, the Washington Times this morning obama plan will transfer wealth to the poor. Republicans slam trickle down taxes. We are getting your reaction to the state of the Union Address. We will do we will do so for the full three hours of todays wall street journal. Before calls we will go to the news desk. John mccardel has reaction up on capitol hill. Reporter Speaker Boehner may have spent the entire speech sitting behind the president but his press team was hard at work. A total of 34 tweets from Speaker Boehners official account during the speech and during the g. O. P. Responses. The speaker summed up his reaction in three tweets saying president obamas are the wrong priorities, growing bureaucracy instead of americas economy. He said all the president offered is more taxes, more government and more of the same approach that has failed middle class families. Veto threats and unserious proposals may make good political theatre but they wont distract the new american congress. By come paver son senator majority leader Mitch Mcconnells account was quieter. Three tweets linking to the official g. O. P. Response. And his statement that he put up last night, senator majority leader mcconnell says the biggest problem is the president made a speech that makes it look like hes going to run for office again. His time for running is over. His time for governing hereto over the last two years of the obama administration. He needs to work with the Republican Congress. What i hoped he would work for possible agreement, trade, infrastructure. Those are the things we need to be concentrating on and netlet the next election occur in 2015. One interesting hill newspaper under the headline obama snubs mccome noting president obama made no mention last night of majority leader Mitch Mcconnells recent ascension to that title of majority leader. He made a point of congratulating john boehner for winning the speakers gavel at the start of his 20s 11 state of the union weeks after republicans ousted democrats. But he ignored the republican takeover of the senate. If you want to read more on that, thats in the hill newspaper. We will track this mornings reaction from members of congress throughout todays wall street journal host we will bring you what the democrats had to say. It was about 60 minutes long. As we said the economy dominated his remarks. He did talk about other issues as well. So we will go to your take now. Thomas in fort lauderdale. What did you make of it caller i thought it was kind of reckless actually the 18 trillion debt we have i think thats like 100 trillion in unfunded liabilities and he wants to extend the debt tax more and he is doing he wants to do everything thats causing the problems more government more taxes more spending. It seems like like i said, its reckless. Sometimes i wonder you know the man has had al sharpton over to the white house 84 times. Maybe the man ought to be drug tested because some of the things its really reckless. Host maxine in new york a democratic caller. High maxine. Did you watch the whole speech . Caller yes, maam. I watched it three times. Greta, i am going to say this right quick and get to my point real quick. I raised my kids. They are in their 30s. And two of them one of them is 27 years old. Now, i would never let my kids watch cspan now because its too racist. And you see the man who just make a comment. I dont want my kids i have grandkids. I do not want to teach them hate, and watching this channel right now, i wouldnt dare let my grand kids watch this channel the way i allowed my kids to when they were younger. To the point, it was great. I am about to graduate from an r n. Program. But how will i pay off that bill . But i am going to pay it. You know what i mean . I pay my bills and i pay them on time. And he touched up on a lot of stuff, but i could not get over all of those angry white male republicans. I am like, oh, my god. Look what we have to deal with until we learn to go out and vote these people out. They are going to sit on their hands. They are not going to help the president at all. And i didnt like the way boehner was just eyeballing the back of the president. You know what i mean . Host all right, maxine. Butch is next in paceson, arizona. Hi butch. Caller good morning. The situation, you know, the conservatives, like when the president talks about giving a hand to children the dreamers or giving healthcare to children anything that has to do with children the republicans sit on their hands. The only thing they want to do is protect an embryo. After the baby passes the birthing world, they want nothing to do with children. You know. They dont want to help them whatsoever. As long as they are in the womb thats when they care about children. Host okay. All right. Vicky in paris, California Democratic caller. Vicky, what did you make the president s state of the Union Address . Caller i thought it was an excellent speech. This man he still has to fight so much hatred and evilness because when you are hateful, all of these socalled christians that like hucqabee how could he possibly be a christian and be up there with cat stevens or whatever that horrible man is and then come back and criticize the president and his wife for being with beyonce. Beyonce does not dance on a pole but president obama did a great job, and he still has to fight. Hatred immaturity and just evilness. Host all right vicky. We will take more calls coming out throughout todays wall street journal but first to capitol hill where representative tom crites, the republican fromga is joining us from the canonhouse office building. Lets begin with what the president had to say on the economy. He spoke for 25 minutes minutes and said the shadow of the crisis has passed. Do you agree . I think not. I have we have had some uptick in the economy of late. Thats good. If you see the policies of this administration, they will continue to increase not just the deficit but the debt as one of your callers talked about. And the fact is that the president didnt even mention the debt. 18 trill 18 trillion in debt. Thats not just the number. Every dollar that we put to debt has to be paid for from an interest standpoint and every dollar that we pay for interest doesnt go to healthcare doesnt go to education, doesnt go to infrastructure. It doesnt go to National Defense. Within a very short period of time we are about to spend 1 trillion on the interest on our debt. We have to get other economy rolling and grow the economy so we can lift off i didnt hear the president talk about that. I heard him talking about dividing the nation between income and class, take from one person and giving to another. Thats not the way we became the greatest nation in the history of the world. Host the wall street journal said made a middleclass pitch last night. What are the republicans ideas to help middle class and low income americans . Guest we have passed them through the house. Last congress the senate wouldnt pick any up. We have a jobs bill that would provide for more jobs creators to be more jobs to be created across this country. This year, already, we have passed through the house a higherhigh hire more veterans act. The president says he wants veterans to be able to be employed. We have passed a bill that would do just that. And what does the president say to that bill . He will veto it. We have passed a bill that would increase the definition of fulltime work from not 30 hours the way the president wants to be which it is right now, to 40 hours. So thats a fullly 1 3 increase in ones income. What does the president say he will do to that . Veto it. What we have seen out of the president is a lot of lofty talk, a lot of great rhetoric. Nothing that will bring about a healthy economy host the president said he would veto anything from the republicans including the Affordable Care act immigration. What can republicans do . What tools do you have to respond to any veto . Guest what the American People said in november is that they Want Congress to speak with one voice. Thank you, we have been given the opportunity to have both a Republican House and a Republican Senate and what we need to do is pass quality, high positive legislation that gets people back to work that recognizes that healthcare is between a patient and a family and a doctor and not the federal government, that unleashes our Energy Resources across this nation and that ensures that we have the greatest amount of National Security and then put them on the president s desks and then the president has the choice. He can either sign it which means it will be good policy for the American People or he can vetoes 0 it, which is his opportunity and his choice. If he does that then the American People will know who is fighting here in washington for them, who is trying to get this nation on the right track and who is standing in the way. Host host where do you see republicans and the president agreeing and passing some legislative ini haveu issuetives . Holy guest one is the whole area of trade that the president talked about. He has been sitting on his hands on this. We have been begging him for years literally to get in this game and help some of his democrat colleagues recognize that the more trade we are able to utilize with other countries, the more that helps our middle class, the more that helps job creation in the United States. The area of infrastructure trans portation, we look forward to get a transportation highway bill through the congress this year so that we can we repair our infrastructure, yes but also increase capacity in the most congested areas. Then i am hopeful from a ways and means and a budget standpoint that we will be able to work on tax reform. The president has skirted the issue a bit. Last night he talked a lot about raising taxes. What we believe needs to be done is wholesale tax reform so that we can get this economy rolling again and get jobs being created. I hope that the president recognizes that the ideas that we have been putting on the table are positive ideas that the American People sent us to washington after last novembers election to do. Host sir specifically, what tax initiatives that the president talked about last night could republicans be open to in some sort of overall tax reform package . Guest the president talks about closing loopholes. We have been for closing loopholes before closing loopholes was cool. We have been urging decreasing the unusual of deductions and credits, lowering the rate broadening the bates so that everybody is able to benefit from tax reduction. Gets to this economy rolling again. The president talked has talked about i dont think he did last night but talked about decreasing the Corporate Tax rate. We have the highest business tax rate in the industrialized world so that we are not competitive when it relates to the Global Economy that we have in the area of taxes. The president has talked about bringing that down. We totally support that and look forward to working with the president on that bringing down taxes for both large and Small Businesses the, those job creators out there across the country. Finally, congressman, whats it like to sit in the House Chamber for a state of the Union Address . What does it mean to you . Guest its a harkining back to the founders and the institutions that they have created. I am a little saddened though because i think its become much more of a political speech as opposed to a policy speech and thats happened over the years through both administrations. I think that the tone ought to be set that we ought to be working together ought to be getting together and solving the challenges that are before us that the American People sent us here to solve. If we do that, if we get things done here in washington on behalf of the American People then i know we can turn this economy around get the middle class rolling again, get jobs being created and have the world recognize america for what it ought to be, and that is the leader of the free world. Host as budget chairman sir what should americans can watching for from you . Whats your First Priority guest to pass a budget through the house andnate gets to balance. We cant continue to run these deficits and debts and expect our economy is going to get rolling again. The president talked about deficits a little bit last night. What he didnt talk about is balancing the budget. Thats absolutely imperative. Every single one of your listeners, every single one of your viewers understands that they cant spend more money that be they have available to them to spend and they take in. The government is no different. We ought not be spending the kind of money that we dont have in this town. So we need to we will pass a budget that will get the balance that will demonstrate the kind of policies whether its tax reform or Energy Policy or healthcare policy that will assist in turning this country around from an economic standpoint get those jobs being created across this great land. Host tom price republican of georgia, appreciate your time sir. Guest thanks so much. Host you heard from the budget chairman there republican tom price. We can get your thoughts on that, as well. Your reaction to president obamas state of the Union Address and what republicans are saying in return. We will get your thoughts here in just a minute but first, lets go back to the news desk and get reaction from Democratic Leaders up on capitol hill to the president s state of the Union Address. . Harry reid has missed the first two weeks of the new session of congress after that exercise energy. He was impac on capitol hill yesterday. Here is a picture of him back at his desk with the tweet saying back at work. It of course that exercise injury causing broken bones in his face fractured ribs and an eye energy. You can see the eye energy. He didnt stick around for the speech last night but was able to tweet out his comments and release a statement after the speech. He said, in part democrats are focused on the middle class while the g. O. P. Congress is busy purring more giveaways to special interests and the very wealthy. He we want on to say there is stim plenty of time for republicans to change course and work with democrats. I hope they will seize sees that opportunity. Nancy pelosi releasing her Statement Last night on her web page. Statement reading, in part, pom president obama has challenged congress to builds an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy and wellconnected. Republicans have a choice come together with democrats to advance the priorities of the more than people or dig in their heels for the same special interest giveaways. Thats some of thedraft democratic reaction to the state of the Union Address last night. Host we will bring you more reaction from capitol hill but we want to hear from you host lets go to anthony in sierra vista, arizona. An independent. Caller good morning, ghada. Host good morning. Caller one of my favorite lights on nelsons website, the president says to every field in america if you want somebody who is going to get the job done hire a veteran. Now, in that, the president is the ceo of america. Everyone else who is elected and goes to washington is a manager. The president has put forth policies to invest in Human Capital. You have to take on some debt to invest in Human Capital because i work three jobs to become a Computer Science major and had to leave nigh college so that leave my college so i wouldnt kill any kids driving a school bus and enlisted and then rose back up to the ranks to retire as a lieutenants colonel. Now, i am disabled but here is what is so significant and that is it goes like this. We have to understand that everything society outlaws occurs within its confines leaving only the passage of time to consider the relevance. Calle