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Archive: September 8, 2011

USW Statement on President Obama’s jobs address to Congress                Pittsburgh (Sept. 8) – Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statement after President Obama delivered his jobs address to the joint session of…

BOXER STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S JOBS SPEECH 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.…

Statement from Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton: 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…

Following Obama’s Jobs Speech, Udall Urges Congress to Work Together for the Economy   Vows to Continue to Fight for his Bipartisan Bills to Create Jobs, Help Small Businesses In Symbolic Gesture of Bipartisanship, Udall Sat with GOP Senator During…

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,…

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…

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…

“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…

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…

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…