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Sen. Orrin Hatch"In President Obama's final State of the Union Address, he attempted to define his legacy. But the only legacy this president leaves behind is an unparalleled record of partisanship and a history of sowing division in Congress and among the American people.
"The president frequently refuses to work with the other side and rarely treats reasonable disagreement as legitimate. Long after Mr. Obama leaves office, history will long remember him as among the most divisive presidents in American history."
Sen. Mike Lee
"It's unfortunate that President Obama has again chosen confrontation over collaboration by promising to spend his last year in office in much the same way that he spent his first seven years: Abusing his executive powers to bypass Congress and act unilaterally on a whole host of policy issues."
Rep. Rob Bishop
"The president has a vision of America that is clearly not shared by me or many of my constituents. His basic approach to the Constitution and the role of government is, in my opinion, flawed. We can, and must, do better."
Rep. Chris Stewart
"Unfortunately, the president missed a real opportunity tonight. In his final State of the Union address, we heard much of the same big ideas; ripe with the liberal talking points we have heard in previous years. In an era of real national concern, we expect more than big ideas from our president. We need results.
"The president should have provided realistic solutions to the things I routinely hear about from Utahns: our national security, federal agency overreach, and our country's rising debt."
Rep. Mia Love
"The president can … take credit for the fact that Americans are less safe than they were seven years ago. We are seeing the results of what happens when the United States retreats as the leader of the free world.
"Americans are worried about the Iran nuclear deal and increasing domestic and international incidents of terrorism. It is disturbing to note that under this administration, that in spite of what the president says, it is a fact that our allies have gotten weaker and our enemies have gotten stronger."
