Category: September 2011

REID: PRESIDENT OBAMA LAYS OUT BOLD, BIPARTISAN JOBS PLAN, WILL BE LITMUS TEST FOR REPUBLICANS Washington, D.C. — Nevada Senator Harry Reid issued the following statement after President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress and proposed a series of bold steps to end America’s employment crisis. “President Barack Obama laid out a set…

Pelosi Statement on President Obama’s Joint Session Address Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement tonight following President Obama’s address to a Joint Session of Congress on the American Jobs Act: “Tonight, President Obama once again stated with great clarity his commitment to grow our economy and create jobs.  Now, Congress…

Congresswoman Wilson: Democrats and Republicans Must Come Together to Create Jobs by Passing the American Jobs Act Proposal Would Put More People Back to Work, Including Teachers, First Responders, Veterans, and Construction Workers, and Put More Money in the Pockets of Working Families Bipartisan Package Would Create Jobs Immediately and Won’t Add a Dime to…

Statement from Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO, GE, and Chairman, President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness FAIRFIELD, Conn., Sep 08, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt, who serves as chairman of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, today issued the following statement on President Obama’s speech to Congress on jobs…

REP. BECERRA: TIME TO TACKLE THE BIGGEST DEFICIT WE FACE—THE JOBS DEFICIT WASHINGTON, DC—Following President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress on job creation, Representative Xavier Becerra (CA-31), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and member of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, released the following statement: “President Obama is…

“The need to create more jobs is the greatest challenge facing America today, and the President’s speech tonight underscored the commitment all of us must show in responding to that challenge.  As a member of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, I have worked with my colleagues to identify initiatives across different business sectors…

United States Capitol Washington, D.C. 7:09 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, and fellow Americans: Tonight we meet at an urgent time for our country.  We continue to face an economic crisis that has left millions of our neighbors jobless, and a political crisis that’s made things worse. This…

The full text of the op-ed by Vice President Biden is printed below. The piece, published in today’s New York Times, can be read online HERE. China’s Rise Isn’t Our Demise The New York Times September 8, 2011 By JOSEPH R. BIDEN Jr. I FIRST visited China in 1979, a few months after our countries…

The full text of the op-ed by President Barack Obama is printed below. The piece, published in today’s USA Today, can be read online HERE. Let’s reclaim the post-9/11 unity By President Obama Ten Septembers have come and gone since that awful morning. But on this 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we are summoned…

The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of New York and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee beginning on September 7, 2011, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency…