Job Creation Is Urgent Says Connecticut Democrat

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) says Tuesday following a Caucus meeting that job creation legislation is urgent because so many Americans are not reaping the benifits of a previous stimulus. (0:10)
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Use TARP Funds To Bail Out Mainstreet Says Connecticut Democrat

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) says following a Caucus meeting on Tuesday that job creation legislation will use Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds to bail out mainstreet. (0:11)
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Baucus: Our Unemployment Rate Remains Far Too High

Regarding climate change legislation and job creation, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) says on Tuesday that "our unemployment rate remains far too high...and we must be diligent to create jobs, including in the energy sector." (0:12)
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Waxman-Markey Bill Will Have Negative Consequences, Warns U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Official

Bill Kovacs, Senior Vice President of the Environment, Technology, and Regulatory Division at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, warns that the Waxman-Markey bill will promote regulatory chaos, foster lawsuits, harm the economy, and ultimately do nothing to reduce carbon emissions in the atmosphere. (0:16)
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Cap And Trade Kills, Says GOP Senator

“Cap and Trade is a jobs killer,” says Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.). Barasso goes on to urge the Obama administration to “get their priorities straight,” and start creating jobs. (0:46)
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Republicans Aren't Hiding From Health Debate, Says Gingrich

“We believe the number one priority of America ought to be job creation, not because we’re trying to hide from a health debate, in fact, we’re eager to have a health debate, and it's a pity that the President is unwilling to have a bipartisan discussion about how to get to a better approach,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says. (0:26)
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Job Creation Should Be Congress's Number One Priority, Says Gingrich

“America does not work if Americans are not working, and getting Americans working should be the number one priority,” says former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, advocating American Solutions' Jobs Here, Jobs Now, Jobs First campaign. “Jobs Here, Jobs Now, Jobs First ought to replace all the other priorities that the politicians are currently running around chasing,” he says. (0:20)
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Agriculture Secretary Hopes Energy Bill Will Meet The President's Objectives

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says he hopes Congress will enact a bill that meets the President's objectives on energy, which include creating an efficient, cost-efficient and a comprehensive approach that leverages the Nation's capacity for innovation. He also touched upon the need for job creation, reduced dependence on foreign oil, and protection of U.S. children from "ills associated with pollution." (0:20)
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