Statement from San Francisco, California Mayor Ed Lee: “President Obama’s speech tonight must be a wakeup call to leaders from Washington to Sacramento to San Francisco that it’s time to put politics aside and unite around our nation’s number one…
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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…
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…
Hoyer Statement on President Obama’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Jobs WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after President Obama unveiled the American Jobs Act during his joint…
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 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…
Statement from Delaware Governor Jack Markell “The President made clear that creating jobs and keeping people working remains job one. He challenged the Congress tonight to put aside any personal agendas and move forward to help companies hire, help small…
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…
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 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…
