Category: September 2011

Statement From The Dow Chemical Company With Reference to President’s September 8 Address to Congress MIDLAND, MICHIGAN – September 9, 2011 – Andrew N. Liveris, Dow’s chairman and CEO, stated today, with reference to President Obama’s September 8 address to a joint session of Congress: I applaud President Obama for giving the economy and jobs…

Gov. Peter Shumlin today issued the following statement on President Obama’s American Jobs Act: “I commend President Obama for his bold proposal to get Americans back to work and put the country on the road to recovery. This is the number one issue on the minds of all Americans, and I am pleased that the…

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, September 14th, the President will travel to the Raleigh-Durham area to discuss the bipartisan proposals to grow the economy and create jobs as part of the American Jobs Act he unveiled in an address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday.

Statement from UAW President Bob King on President Obama’s speech to Congress and his announcement of the American Jobs Act DETROIT – Today UAW President Bob King issued the following statement praising the leadership of President Obama and supporting the president’s call for immediate action by Congress on jobs: “We strongly support President Obama’s call…

GOVERNOR CUOMO STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S JOBS ADDRESS “Tonight, President Obama laid out a real plan to jumpstart the economy and put Americans back to work. The President realizes that it is essential that creating jobs be the top priority at all levels of government. As the President said, politics cannot come before the urgent…

Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed budget request for disaster response needs through Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. It includes a supplemental appropriations request for FY 2011 of $500 million and a budget amendment for FY 2012 of $4.6 billion for the Department of Homeland Security. The proposed totals for FY…

Today, President Obama accepted the credentials of Ali Suleiman Aujali as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Libya—the first representative to the United States from the new Libya, and one of the first Libyan diplomats internationally to be fully credentialed since Qadhafi’s fall.   The United States congratulates the Libyan people for their courage and determination to…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts: Glenn S.Gerstell – Member, National Infrastructure Advisory Commission Charles “Chip” Lyons – United States Alternate Representative to the Executive Board on the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) President Obamasaid, “I am honored that these talented individuals have…

The President spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu today about the situation at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo.  The President expressed his great concern about the situation at the Embassy, and the security of the Israelis serving there. He reviewed the steps that the U.S. is taking at all levels to help resolve the situation…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement after President Obama laid out his jobs agenda before a joint session of Congress: “Tonight, President Obama displayed the leadership America needs by laying out a strong agenda to get America back to work. The proposals he…