STATEMENT BY UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION PRESIDENT JOSEPH HANSEN IN SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT OBAMA’S PLAN TO PUT AMERICANS BACK TO WORK Washington, D.C. – The following is a statement issued by United Food and Commercial Workers International…
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Statement From The Dow Chemical Company With Reference to President’s September 8 Address to Congress MIDLAND, MICHIGAN – September 9, 2011 – Andrew N. Liveris, Dow’s chairman and CEO, stated today, with reference to President Obama’s September 8 address to…
Gov. Peter Shumlin today issued the following statement on President Obama’s American Jobs Act: “I commend President Obama for his bold proposal to get Americans back to work and put the country on the road to recovery. This is the…
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, September 14th, the President will travel to the Raleigh-Durham area to discuss the bipartisan proposals to grow the economy and create jobs as part of the American Jobs Act he unveiled in an address to a…
Statement from UAW President Bob King on President Obama’s speech to Congress and his announcement of the American Jobs Act DETROIT – Today UAW President Bob King issued the following statement praising the leadership of President Obama and supporting the…
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,…
GOVERNOR CUOMO STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S JOBS ADDRESS “Tonight, President Obama laid out a real plan to jumpstart the economy and put Americans back to work. The President realizes that it is essential that creating jobs be the top priority…
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…
Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed budget request for disaster response needs through Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. It includes a supplemental appropriations request for FY 2011 of $500 million and a budget amendment for FY…
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…
