“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…
Archive: September 8, 2011
“The Jobs Council has examined the important need for and potential benefits of fixing our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. We are encouraged that one of the President’s areas of focus in his American Jobs Act speech was on infrastructure as a…
The American people understand that the economic crisis and the deep recession weren’t created overnight and won’t be solved overnight. The economic security of the middle class has been under attack for decades. That’s why President Obama believes we need…
THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT 1. Tax Cuts to Help America’s Small Businesses Hire and Grow Cutting the payroll tax in half for 98 percent of businesses: The President’s plan will cut in half the taxes paid by businesses on…
The people of this country work hard to meet their responsibilities. The question tonight is whether we’ll meet ours. The question is whether, in the face of an ongoing national crisis, we can stop the political circus and actually do…
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, September 13, the President will travel to Columbus, Ohio, to talk about the bipartisan proposals to grow the economy and create jobs as part of the American Jobs Act that he will unveil in his speech…
WASHINGTON- Today, President Obama nominated Gregg Jeffrey Costa to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. “Gregg Jeffrey Costa is a distinguished individual who has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to justice throughout his career,”…
WASHINGTON- Today, President Obama nominated Stephanie Dawn Thacker to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. “Stephanie Dawn Thacker has displayed exceptional dedication to the legal profession through her work and I am honored to…
Jeffrey Immelt Jeffrey R. Immelt is the ninth chairman and CEO of GE, a post he has held since September 7, 2001. Immelt currently serves as the chairman of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Immelt has held several…
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Cyrus Amir-Mokri, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Michael S. Barr, resigned. Cyrus Amir-Mokri, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National…
