Chairman Sessions’ Statement on 2012 Election Results

WASHINGTON – National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) released the following statement regarding the results of the 2012 election:
“Americans were unwilling to hand the Speaker’s gavel back to Nancy Pelosi because her party chose to double down on the same failed policies that caused her to lose it in the first place. Just as in 2010, our House Republican candidates listened to the American people and rejected the Democrats’ tax-and-spend agenda that threatens the American Dream.

“Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan’s bold vision inspired America and helped preserve our Republican majority. House Republicans will continue to fight for the movement that they started.

“President Obama has been given a second chance, but not the right to pursue a second term the way he pursued his first. The People’s House serves at the will of the voters, and those voters delivered a resounding message that they want a check on the President.

“This election is not a political celebration for any party. It is a reminder that millions of our neighbors are out of work and even more have lost faith in their elected officials to solve our problems. House Republicans will continue our work to restore fiscal sanity in Washington, revive America’s free enterprise system, and provide leadership that is worthy of the trust that Americans have once again placed in us.”