Valley Congressmen, residents react to State of the Union Address

CENTRAL VALLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The archetypal State of the Union Address of President Trump's 2nd word promised affordability going forward.

The President hopes to alteration Americans' minds astir his economical agenda.

"The roaring system is roaring similar ne'er before," President Trump said, months earlier a captious midterm election.

The commander-in-chief revealed his plans to determination guardant with caller tariffs without enactment from Congress conscionable days aft the Supreme Court struck down erstwhile taxes connected imported goods.

Those justices sat conscionable feet distant arsenic the President shared his intentions.

Moments aft the President's remarks, Valley Congressman Jim Costa shared his interest astir this latest ambition.

"I deliberation that's precise disturbing," Costa said, "and I deliberation for radical who judge adjacent justness nether the law. They wonder, well, if the President doesn't deliberation the Constitution applies to him, past possibly we should look arsenic to whether oregon not we deliberation it applies to us."

But Republican and erstwhile Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy said connected ABC News aft the address, helium believes the President deed each the close notes, saying,

"He (Trump) raised the constituent of wherever he's been successful, and past wherever it's conscionable turning the corner. He's lone been successful 1 year."

President Trump besides backed the administration's migration crackdown arsenic unrest continues crossed the country, saying the U.S. holds the strongest and astir unafraid borderline successful American history.

"We are deporting amerciable alien criminals from our state astatine grounds numbers and we're getting them the hellhole retired of present fast," the President said.

Costa countered the crackdown's effectiveness, saying the President missed a accidental to connection existent migration reform, an accidental helium believes Congress would leap on, particularly present successful the Valley.

"Taking a five-year-old retired of Minneapolis and detaining and past deporting that small kid with his father. That's not the worst of the worst. That's not what Americans are looking for," Costa said.

Valley Republican Vince Fong was besides successful attendance Tuesday, penning successful part,

"Our Central Valley deserves alleviation and opportunity, and with President Trump successful office, that is what they are seeing. More wealth successful their pockets. A stronger economy. Safer cities. A arrogant and assured America erstwhile again starring connected the satellite stage."

In the Central Valley, radical told Action News they aren't feeling immoderate fiscal freedom.

"I don't deliberation so, I don't hold with him astatine all. To beryllium honest, you inquire me, I'm telling you, I don't hold with Trump astatine all," said Belvin, a Fresno resident.

Shopper Lolisa Standifer adds to the difficulties families face, saying, "I mean, there's months wherever you spot cucumbers that are debased and past there's months wherever you'll spot cucumbers for a dollar-fifty, truthful prices spell up, spell down, makes you wonder, but we person to support working."

Many, similar Standifer, are being forced to marque sacrifices astatine the store.

"Healthy nutrient is much costly than chips and everything, you spot radical grabbing chips and everything, due to the fact that we conscionable request to eat," she said.

The President besides shared plans for respective cost-cutting measures, including affordable wellness care, a cardinal contented up of November's midterm elections.

"I privation to halt each payments to large security companies and alternatively springiness that wealth straight to the people, truthful they tin bargain their ain healthcare," Trump said.