Obama: Congress ‘suffered’ through long SOTU

 Now, as I said at the State of the Union, the critical debate in this country right now, the defining question that faces all of us, is whether we are going to restore that sense of an American promise where if you work hard, if you’re carrying out your responsibilities, if you’re looking out for your family, if you’re participating in your community, if you’re doing what you’re supposed to be doing, you have the chance to get a job that allows you to support your family, you won’t be bankrupt when you get sick, you can send your children to college, you can retire with some dignity and some respect, you can expect that the next generation — your children and grandchildren — will do better than you did — that American promise, that central driving force in what has created the greatest country, the largest economy, and the broadest middle class on Earth, that promise has been eroding for too many people.