Senator Scott Brown

In that respect, he said, everyone in Washington is to blame.  He also addressed, among other things, the debt ceiling; the dysfunctional Congress; sequestration; and Obamacare.  He said there is no vision in this administration and no plan for the future; rather, there is uncertainty with regard to regulation and taxation.  Senator Brown remarked that during the Reagan administration, both parties worked together.  There are good people, both Democrat and Republican, in Washington today, but it seems that the extreme left and the extreme right get all the press.  They need to stop changing the rules and change their attitude.  We need to restore civility in Washington, which will then be reflected in the attitude of the American people.  Senator Brown also said that the federal government is not a good steward of our money and that decisions are made only to “score political points” with the directive to “make it hurt,” referring to the recent government shutdown.  He stated that the government has the money for what we need, but the president needs to reprogram those funds in order to move them to where they should be used.

At the conclusion of Senator Brown’s presentation, Jack Tulley asked if the senator might be coming back to our club to announce his candidacy for public office.  Senator Brown was noncommittal, but did not say no.  

Senator Brown is both a Paul Harris Fellow and a member of Lions International.