At a press conference announcing bipartisan legislation to ease the small business transition from private to public, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) says the lack of access to IPOs for small businesses is detrimental to job creation and economic recovery. (0:40)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says small businesses are essential for economic recovery and job creation and should therefore have a faster path to going public. (0:15)
During today’s White House briefing, Press Secretary Jay Carney says the administration remains hopeful that the “Super Committee” will find a balanced solution that does not put the sole burden on one sector of the population. (0:34)
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks at the Brookings Institution about the global cooperation that helped financial markets avoid depression and how multilateralism is the key to future economic recovery. (0:14)
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says during a speech at the Brookings Institution that speeding up the pace of the global recovery is the biggest economic challenge the world now faces. (0:16)
Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) says economic improvement is clear, but fragile. According to Maloney, GDP reports are proof that Democratic policies are succeeding in fixing the economic. The next step is job creation. (1:02)
Carolyn Maloney, economic recovery in Audio Representative Kevin Brady (R-Texas) says he is not surprised by sluggish recovery, in part due to Democratic policies which have, according to Brady, incurred debt and lost jobs. (0:33)
Kevin Brady, economic recovery in Audio Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) lauds the Senate for passing the Medicaid state aid bill which will also provide funding to save teacher’s jobs and says she looks forward to the House reconvening early to pass the bill. (0:54)
Representative Kevin Brady (R-Texas) contrasts the upcoming state aid bill with the drilling moratorium on the gulf coast, accusing Democrats of playing favorites with job creations (0:26)
Carolyn Maloney, economic recovery in Audio Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass.) says during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs subcommittee hearin, on Thursday that policy is needed to stimulate manufacturing through education initiatives and various other methods. (0:39)
economic recovery, education, manufacturing, sherrod brown in Audio William Strauss, a senior economist and economic advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, testifies Thursday before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs subcommittee. (0:38)
William Strauss, a senior economist and economic advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, testifies Thursday before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs subcommittee. (0:57)
Secretary of Agricultre Tom Vilsack says during a conference call Wednesday that the USDA’s new plan to invest in broadband internet will help small businesses and improve the quality of primary eduation. (0:52)
broadband internet, economic recovery, vilsack in Audio Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the USDA’s plan to invest in spreading broadband internet in various rural ares in order to spur the economy and create jobs during a conference call with reporters. Vislack says he expects somewhere near 5,000 jobs to be created between construction and management of the new infrastructure. (0:43)
Senator George LeMieux (R-Fla.) says he does not believe government spending will help the economy, but rather do more damage by increasing the nation’s debt. He also says that small businesses hold the key to economic prosperity. (0:58)
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