Aboard Air Force One En Route Richmond, Virginia 10:06 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: So I hope you all got a chance to watch the President deliver his speech announcing that he will produce for Congress the American Jobs Act, which,…
Archive: September 9, 2011
The President today declared an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and ordered federal aid to supplement commonwealth and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee beginning on September 3,…
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On President Obama’s Jobs Speech September 8, 2011 The President took an important and necessary step tonight: he started a serious national conversation about how to solve our jobs crisis. He showed working people…
LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Rick Snyder offered the following thoughts regarding President Obama’s speech Thursday night: “Tonight the president laid out a plan calling for many changes at the federal level that we have already made here in Michigan. The…
Chairman Cleaver’s Statement on President’s Obama Address to Congress on Job Creation Washington, DC – Today, Chairman Emanuel Cleaver released the following statement on President’s Obama address to Congress on job creation: “Today, the Congressional Black Caucus submitted our job…
President’s jobs plan to repair schools and keep educators in classrooms Initiative will keep students learning, educators working WASHINGTON- In tonight’s speech to a Joint Session of Congress, President Obama unveiled his American Jobs Act and further underscored his belief…
Rep. John Lewis on President Obama’s Jobs Speech Rep. John Lewis made these comments in response to President Obama’s speech tonight during a joint session of the U.S. Congress on jobs: “I think President Obama delivered a great speech tonight. …
MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA ISSUES STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S AMERICAN JOBS ACT WASHINGTON, D.C. – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa issued the following statement today regarding President Obama’s American Jobs Act: “Tonight President Obama delivered a strong and clear message to Congress: The silly…
Harkin: Let’s Put America Back to Work and Rebuild the Middle Class President’s Jobs Proposal Includes Harkin-led Efforts to Fund Education Jobs/School Construction WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) tonight issued the following statement after President Obama addressed Congress…
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement Thursday night following President Obama’s joint address to Congress on jobs: “This was a powerful message on jobs, aimed not at the lawmakers in the room, but at the American…
