Category: September 2011

“I was honored to represent America’s entrepreneurs at tonight’s joint Congressional session, and am pleased that President Obama is focused on the pivotal role that entrepreneurs play in creating jobs and ensuring our nation’s competitiveness.  High-growth entrepreneurial businesses have been responsible for nearly all of the net jobs created in the last three decades –…

“The President is right to focus on jobs.  Over the past six months, the regulatory working group of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness has looked for ways to improve the regulatory process to stimulate job growth.  Smart regulation will create a business environment conducive to job creation. As we have conducted our work,…

Statement from Senator Kent Conrad in Response to President Obama’s Speech on the Economy and Job Creation Washington — Senator Kent Conrad released the following statement tonight in reaction to President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress where he outlined a jobs and economic growth package to the American people. “The President set…

Sen. Levin’s Statement on President Obama’s Address to Congress on Jobs WASHINGTON – Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., issued the following statement tonight following President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress. “The country heard tonight a rousing, patriotic call from the president to bipartisan action. The jobs program that the president outlined tonight with…

STATEMENT FROM MAYOR NUTTER IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA’S JOBS ADDRESS Philadelphia, September 8, 2011 – Mayor Michael A. Nutter has released the following statement in response to President Obama’s address to Congress on the current economic climate and the need for job creation legislation: “President Obama laid out a comprehensive set of ideas, the…

DURBIN STATEMENT ON THE PRESIDENT’S JOBS ADDRESS [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement tonight after President Obama’s address to a Joint Session of Congress on job creation: “Tonight the president challenged Congress to work together to put America back to work. His plan, the American Jobs Act,…

Statement from Senator Coons on President Obama’s plan for job creation WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement after President Obama’s address to Congress on job creation: “With our nation mired in a jobs crisis, I was pleased to hear President Obama lay out his strategy for helping the millions of…

Mark Udall issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s speech to Congress this evening about creating jobs and boosting the economy: “Last month I traveled across the state visiting with business leaders on the Western Slope and farmers on the Eastern Plains, and they all asked me when Congress would start working together…

The President’s vision should inspire Americans and galvanize Congress.  As he stated so eloquently, the time to act is NOW.  His American Jobs Act will put thousands of Minnesotans back to work; they need Congress to act NOW. As we learn more in the days ahead about the details of the President’s plan, I am…

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Boxer (D-CA) issued the following statement after President Obama’s jobs speech tonight: “The President’s plan for immediate job creation is the recipe we need to reinvigorate our economy. In Harry Truman-style – straight from the heart – the President was both inspirational and specific. “I particularly support his call for…