(MCT) — BLOOMINGTON — Congressmen from Central Illinois welcomed President Barack Obama’s call for bipartisan solutions to a range of America’s problems, but as one put it, “talk is cheap” and action needs to follow the words.

“I agree that we need to come together with bipartisan solutions to our problems, and there are a number of the president’s proposals that I agree with, such as repairs to roads and bridges and an all-of-the-above approach to domestic energy,” U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, a Republican from Taylorville, said. “But talk is cheap and it is up to the president to lead the charge on many of his proposals tonight.”